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Moorefield, WV

2,525 Population
2.7 square miles 947 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hardy County: 46.7 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,581 ±$2,845 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hardy County: $29,801 ±$2,187
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,063 ±$2,296 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Hardy County: $49,272 ±$2,641
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.1% ±5.4% (202  ±136) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Hardy County: 17.7% † 2,499 (±3.3% / ±465)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.1 minutes ±2.4 (13,465  ±3,565) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Hardy County: 29.7 161,270 (±2.8 / ±19,920)
  • about half the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

948 ±124 Number of households
  • Hardy County: 5,954 ±245
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.4 (2,525  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hardy County: 2.4 14,158 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12% ±8.2% (70  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hardy County: 7% † 184 (±3.8% / ±99)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,061 ±142 Number of housing units
  • Hardy County: 8,284 ±18
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$125,000 ±$65,776 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hardy County: $166,300 ±$12,533
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±7.1% (228  ±175.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Hardy County: 9.1% † 1,280 (±3.1% / ±434.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.2% ±11.9% (1,486  ±238.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hardy County: 84.9% 8,920 (±5.5% / ±575.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
4.8% ±2.6% (85  ±46.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Hardy County: 15.7% † 1,645 (±2.7% / ±279.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.4% ±7.1% (238  ±180) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Hardy County: 2.1% 292
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±3.3% (140  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hardy County: 8% † 916 (±1.9% / ±211)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
140 Total veterans ±67 140 Male ±67 N/A Female ±13

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