Census Reporter

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area

359,481 Population
2,499.9 square miles 143.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,330 ±$516 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $27,346 ±$273
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$48,085 ±$1,060 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $48,037 ±$616
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

18.6% ±0.9% (65,066  ±3,034) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 17.1% 300,152 (±0.4% / ±6,818)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

24.4 minutes ±0.5 (3,291,515  ±86,122) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.1 18,180,565 (±0.2 / ±201,243)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

141,577 ±1,310 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 734,235 ±2,810
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 ±0 (351,436  ±618) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,760,220 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.4% ±0.6% (3,424  ±468) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 5.2% 20,121 (±0.3% / ±1,066)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

167,999 ±268 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 893,615 ±228
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$123,900 ±$2,718 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $123,200 ±$1,225
  • about half the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

11.3% ±0.6% (40,186  ±2,135.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 11.4% 203,984 (±0.3% / ±5,108.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

87.5% ±1.3% (219,518  ±3,257.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 87.6% 1,124,838 (±0.6% / ±7,494.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
21% ±0.7% (52,665  ±1,623.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 21.3% 273,425 (±0.3% / ±3,983)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

1.1% ±0.1% (3,994  ±502) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 29,584 (±0.1% / ±1,401)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.8% ±0.4% (22,115  ±1,077) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 8.7% 125,084 (±0.2% / ±2,509)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
22,115 Total veterans ±1,077 20,974 Male ±990 1,141 Female ±243

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