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Wheeling, WV

26,900 Population
13.8 square miles 1,951.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 44.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.6 ±0.2

Economics

$33,868 ±$2,220 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: $32,950 ±$1,201
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $31,462 ±$341
$46,516 ±$3,344 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: $56,691 ±$2,027
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $55,217 ±$577

18.3% ±2.6% (4,692  ±666) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 14.4% 19,029 (±1.1% / ±1,481)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.8% 291,860 (±0.4% / ±7,189)

19.4 minutes ±1.4 (203,255  ±17,635) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 24.3 1,373,955 (±0.7 / ±48,172)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.3 17,717,956 (±0.2 / ±203,956)

Families

11,760 ±364 Number of households
  • the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 55,516 ±696
  • West Virginia: 716,040 ±2,889
2.2 ±0.1 (25,711  ±197) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 2.4 132,474 (±0 / ±83)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,741,273

4.1% ±1.7% (225  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 4% † 1,102 (±0.8% / ±230)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,844 (±0.3% / ±978)

Housing

14,428 ±362 Number of housing units
  • the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 67,612 ±124
  • West Virginia: 859,142 ±271

$131,600 ±$9,878 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: $136,600 ±$4,233
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $145,800 ±$1,644

14.3% ±2.3% (3,794  ±,605.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 9.4% 13,011 (±0.8% / ±1,158.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 11.1% 196,636 (±0.3% / ±5,393.7)

Social

92.8% ±4.2% (18,083  ±,879.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 92.2% 93,440 (±1.9% / ±1,948.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.4% 1,124,528 (±0.6% / ±7,360)
31.9% ±2.7% (6,209  ±,535.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 22.4% 22,739 (±1% / ±,964.9)
  • about 1.4 times 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

2.2% ±0.7% (591  ±187) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 1.3% 1,792
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 28,940

7.5% ±1.1% (1,626  ±246) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 7.5% 8,456 (±0.5% / ±516)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 8% 114,894 (±0.2% / ±2,274)
1,626 Total veterans ±246 1,477 Male ±219 149 Female ±107

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