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Petersburg, WV

2,384 Population
1.6 square miles 1,474.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±9.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Grant County: 46.4 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,416 ±$4,569 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grant County: $30,795 ±$2,808
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,917 ±$8,833 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Grant County: $62,361 † ±$11,997
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.5% ±4.8% (445  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Grant County: 13.3% † 1,443 (±3.4% / ±369)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.6 minutes ±0.9 (12,870  ±4,335) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Grant County: 25.1 109,215 (±2.2 / ±12,690)
  • 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

1,015 ±197 Number of households
  • Grant County: 4,393 ±226
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (2,248  ±444) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Grant County: 2.5 10,843 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±5.8% (20  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Grant County: 6.3% † 126 (±3.9% / ±78)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,154 ±202 Number of housing units
  • Grant County: 5,670 ±22
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$124,500 ±$38,549 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Grant County: $175,100 ±$14,733
  • 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

12.6% ±7.6% (298  ±188.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Grant County: 4.7% † 516 (±2.3% / ±249.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.8% ±22% (1,478  ±243.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grant County: 89.6% 7,276 (±5.6% / ±458.5)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.4% ±4.1% (242  ±82.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Grant County: 14% † 1,134 (±2.8% / ±230.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about two-fifths 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

1.1% ±1.5% (25  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Grant County: 0.8% 82
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±2.9% (150  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Grant County: 8.3% † 734 (±2.1% / ±184)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
150 Total veterans ±61 150 Male ±61 N/A Female ±13

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