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Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area

352,823 Population
2,527.4 square miles 139.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$25,801 ±$1,207 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $26,179 ±$513
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$45,535 ±$2,486 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $44,097 ±$1,016
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

18.2% ±1.9% (62,817  ±6,557) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 17.8% 312,188 (±0.9% / ±15,244)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

24.6 minutes ±1.2 (3,264,890  ±189,941) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.5 18,589,170 (±0.5 / ±416,393)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

136,769 ±3,179 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 734,703 ±6,052
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.5 ±0.1 (345,318  ±1,508) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,757,916 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

3.1% ±1.2% (2,461  ±918) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% † 18,926 (±0.7% / ±2,564)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

165,837 ±1,040 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 893,742 ±195
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$124,100 ±$5,428 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $121,300 ±$2,213
  • about half the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

10.2% ±1.3% (35,850  ±4,653.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 11.3% 201,798 (±0.5% / ±9,693.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

88.9% ±2.8% (218,900  ±7,016.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 87.8% 1,124,196 (±1.2% / ±15,327.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
22.5% ±1.6% (55,304  ±3,845.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 21.3% 273,103 (±0.6% / ±8,111.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

1.2% ±0.4% (4,354  ±1,558) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.5% † 27,605 (±0.2% / ±3,482)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

8.2% ±0.9% (22,826  ±2,587) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 8.8% 126,473 (±0.3% / ±4,802)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
22,826 Total veterans ±2,587 21,512 Male ±2,184 1,314 Female ±764

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