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Wheeling, WV

26,350 Population
13.6 square miles 1,938.2 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
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

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
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$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
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

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)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

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)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,614 ±349 Number of households
  • the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 58,024 ±724
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
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
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,569 ±290 Number of housing units
  • the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 67,343 ±74
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$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
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

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)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
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)
  • a little less than 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

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
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

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)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,382 Total veterans ±225 1,338 Male ±225 44 Female ±39

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