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Wellsburg, WV

2,203 Population
1 square miles 2,271 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.6 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 45.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,688 ±$6,189 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: $33,715 ±$1,008
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,868 ±$3,900 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: $58,784 ±$1,964
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.3% ±10.6% (448  ±243) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 15.3% 17,019 (±1.1% / ±1,199)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.6 minutes ±6.4 (14,240  ±5,944) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 24.3 1,096,145 (±0.6 / ±36,994)
  • 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

1,012 ±132 Number of households
  • the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 49,642 ±490
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (2,203  ±348) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 2.2 111,101 (±0 / ±74)
  • 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

3.6% ±5.6% (13  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 4.8% † 1,117 (±1.1% / ±250)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,142 ±117 Number of housing units
  • the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 55,910 ±63
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$104,500 ±$16,876 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: $131,300 ±$5,528
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.9% ±9.1% (348  ±206.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 9.1% 10,289 (±0.8% / ±915)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±5.9% (1,672  ±272.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 92.2% 76,566 (±2% / ±1,636.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.3% ±4.9% (312  ±100.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 20.8% 17,276 (±1.1% / ±911)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about half 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

0.3% ±0.5% (7  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 1.2% 1,349
  • about one-fifth 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

8.4% ±3.9% (163  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Metro Area: 7.1% 6,615 (±0.5% / ±498)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
163 Total veterans ±79 158 Male ±78 5 Female ±8

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