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Beckley, WV Metro Area

111,428 Population
1,266.9 square miles 88 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,683 ±$2,057 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$52,437 ±$5,491 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

16% ±3.3% (17,055  ±3,510) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

26.2 minutes ±1 (997,895  ±51,456) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

44,847 ±1,861 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (107,092  ±82) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

3.1% ±1.9% (684  ±424) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

53,688 ±45 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$119,900 ±$15,227 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.4% ±2.8% (11,499  ±3,078.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

87.6% ±5.1% (68,912  ±4,125.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
20.2% ±2.7% (15,915  ±2,138.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

0.9% ±4,613.2% (1,031  ±490) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

7.1% ±1.5% (6,265  ±1,298) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
6,265 Total veterans ±1,298 5,360 Male ±1,140 905 Female ±440

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