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Parkersburg, WV

29,240 Population
11.8 square miles 2,481.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 44.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$30,355 ±$1,739 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: $34,225 ±$955
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$49,025 ±$2,505 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: $57,391 ±$2,437
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

22.5% ±3% (6,486  ±874) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 14.9% 12,944 (±1.2% / ±1,039)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

19.2 minutes ±1.8 (213,675  ±23,701) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 21.4 726,740 (±0.9 / ±37,825)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

13,313 ±438 Number of households
  • the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 37,877 ±537
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.2 ±0.1 (28,813  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 2.3 87,369 (±0 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

8.5% ±2.9% (544  ±187) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 6.8% † 1,234 (±1.5% / ±276)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

15,236 ±356 Number of housing units
  • the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 43,008 ±73
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$121,600 ±$6,840 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: $156,300 ±$4,610
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

11.6% ±2.2% (3,347  ±635.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 9% † 7,832 (±1% / ±897.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

87.1% ±4.2% (18,480  ±967.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 91.1% 57,977 (±2.6% / ±1,643.4)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
21% ±1.9% (4,451  ±422.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 23.6% 15,029 (±1.3% / ±800.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)

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

1.2% ±0.4% (350  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 1% 870
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

8.1% ±1.7% (1,887  ±392) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 8.4% 5,835 (±0.8% / ±524)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
1,887 Total veterans ±392 1,759 Male ±381 128 Female ±71

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