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Star City, WV

1,960 Population
0.5 square miles 4,008.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 35.1 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,283 ±$4,402 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $38,900 ±$1,062
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,123 ±$8,760 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $64,640 ±$2,584
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.8% ±7.3% (348  ±156) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 18.3% 24,008 (±1.2% / ±1,541)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.7 minutes ±3.8 (19,780  ±6,459) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 23.1 1,379,220 (±0.5 / ±46,842)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

899 ±154 Number of households
  • the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 57,438 ±661
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,958  ±345) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 2.3 131,137 (±0 / ±143)
  • 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

0.6% ±1.2% (3  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 4.3% † 1,562 (±0.7% / ±255)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

959 ±160 Number of housing units
  • the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 65,115 ±83
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$256,200 ±$29,411 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $233,000 ±$5,160
  • about 1.5 times the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.6% ±5.5% (382  ±126.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 19.9% 27,782 (±1.2% / ±1,698.8)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96% ±23.3% (1,345  ±215.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 92.3% 85,225 (±2.2% / ±1,990.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
48.5% ±7.1% (679  ±159.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 40.1% 37,052 (±1.4% / ±1,328.9)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about 1.4 times 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

6.1% ±5.4% (120  ±107) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 4.4% 6,270
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±2.6% (82  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 5.4% 6,298 (±0.5% / ±537)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
82 Total veterans ±46 82 Male ±46 N/A Female ±13

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