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Wheeling, WV

26,350 Population
13.8 square miles 1,911.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 44.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$36,509 ±$2,469 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: $34,460 ±$892
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$48,590 ±$2,959 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: $57,418 ±$2,347
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

20.5% ±2.5% (5,184  ±636) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 16.6% 21,572 (±1.1% / ±1,386)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

19.8 minutes ±1.5 (207,230  ±18,730) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 23.7 1,305,780 (±0.7 / ±47,691)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

12,614 ±349 Number of households
  • the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 58,024 ±724
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2 ±0.1 (25,287  ±214) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 2.3 130,301 (±0 / ±63)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

3.4% ±1.3% (183  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 3.8% † 1,027 (±0.7% / ±186)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

14,569 ±290 Number of housing units
  • the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 67,343 ±74
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$146,500 ±$8,330 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: $156,600 ±$3,407
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

13.7% ±2% (3,572  ±527.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 10.3% 14,017 (±0.9% / ±1,251.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

92.4% ±4% (17,933  ±836.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 92.4% 92,091 (±1.9% / ±1,863)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
34.1% ±2.5% (6,610  ±493.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 23.7% 23,604 (±1% / ±969.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)

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

2.2% ±0.6% (566  ±167) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 1.5% 2,018
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

6.4% ±1% (1,382  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 7% 7,757 (±0.5% / ±553)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
1,382 Total veterans ±225 1,338 Male ±225 44 Female ±39

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