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Princeton, WV

5,833 Population
3 square miles 1,935.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±4.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 43.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.6 ±0.2

Economics

$24,735 ±$3,005 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $27,315 ±$1,209
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $31,462 ±$341
$41,782 ±$5,435 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $47,294 ±$1,818
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $55,217 ±$577

18.9% ±6.8% (1,097  ±393) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 18.1% † 18,468 (±1.8% / ±1,855)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.8% 291,860 (±0.4% / ±7,189)

19.2 minutes ±3 (42,445  ±9,068) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 24 894,165 (±0.9 / ±42,649)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.3 17,717,956 (±0.2 / ±203,956)

Families

2,680 ±251 Number of households
  • the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 42,506 ±796
  • West Virginia: 716,040 ±2,889
2.2 ±0.2 (5,827  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 2.4 102,360 (±0.1 / ±50)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,741,273

1.2% ±1.4% (17  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 6% † 1,301 (±1.4% / ±312)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,844 (±0.3% / ±978)

Housing

3,297 ±271 Number of housing units
  • the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 52,441 ±61
  • West Virginia: 859,142 ±271

$116,000 ±$18,999 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $114,700 ±$4,859
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $145,800 ±$1,644

20.8% ±6.5% (1,213  ±,381.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 11.7% † 12,255 (±1.3% / ±1,349.4)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 11.1% 196,636 (±0.3% / ±5,393.7)

Social

88.7% ±8.8% (3,809  ±,435.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 86.8% 66,054 (±2.3% / ±1,789.1)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.4% 1,124,528 (±0.6% / ±7,360)
20.1% ±5.2% (861  ±,228.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 18.5% 14,110 (±1.2% / ±,878.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 22.7% 288,779 (±0.3% / ±4,107.8)

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

1.1% ±1.3% (65  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 0.8% 858
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 28,940

11.4% ±3.8% (544  ±181) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 7.2% 6,124 (±0.7% / ±555)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 8% 114,894 (±0.2% / ±2,274)
544 Total veterans ±181 505 Male ±181 39 Female ±36

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