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Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area

97,177 Population
937.8 square miles 103.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$25,926 ±$2,209 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$43,015 ±$4,170 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

22% ±3.8% (20,671  ±3,553) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.7 minutes ±1.2 (843,585  ±52,077) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

41,700 ±1,738 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (93,960  ±133) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.4% ±3.4% (1,099  ±689) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

49,128 ±60 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$106,400 ±$15,162 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

5.5% ±1.6% (5,333  ±1,524.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.1% ±5.1% (61,887  ±3,572.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
21.8% ±2.9% (15,145  ±2,046.2) 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% (912  ±375) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.3% ±1.3% (4,831  ±977) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,831 Total veterans ±977 4,670 Male ±967 161 Female ±146

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