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Wheeling, WV

26,670 Population
13.8 square miles 1,934.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 44.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$35,997 ±$2,823 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: $34,225 ±$999
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$48,498 ±$3,216 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: $58,705 ±$2,022
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

19.4% ±2.4% (4,949  ±615) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 14.9% 19,484 (±1.2% / ±1,509)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

20.8 minutes ±1.9 (211,590  ±22,034) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 24.6 1,376,135 (±0.8 / ±50,484)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

12,324 ±308 Number of households
  • the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 57,071 ±701
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.1 ±0.1 (25,556  ±193) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 2.3 131,282 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

3.9% ±1.5% (216  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 4.6% † 1,256 (±0.9% / ±246)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

14,560 ±318 Number of housing units
  • the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 67,514 ±166
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$142,500 ±$8,476 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: $149,300 ±$4,402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

14.2% ±2% (3,756  ±514.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 9.8% 13,339 (±0.9% / ±1,176.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

92.3% ±4% (17,852  ±834.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 92.4% 92,707 (±1.9% / ±1,880.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
32.5% ±2.5% (6,279  ±487.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 22.9% 22,950 (±0.9% / ±949.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

2.7% ±0.8% (708  ±207) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 1.5% 2,099
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

7.2% ±1.1% (1,537  ±247) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 7.2% 8,010 (±0.5% / ±599)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
1,537 Total veterans ±247 1,458 Male ±237 79 Female ±52

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