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Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area

135,136 Population
943.4 square miles 143.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,718 ±$2,754 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$55,531 ±$3,491 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.4% ±2.6% (25,041  ±3,332) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.7 minutes ±0.7 (1,305,780  ±47,691) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

59,314 ±1,593 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (128,931  ±99) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.6% ±1.4% (704  ±376) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

67,159 ±64 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$163,300 ±$9,004 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12% ±2.1% (16,188  ±2,765.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.6% ±4.2% (90,968  ±4,206.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.2% ±2.6% (24,717  ±2,516.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

1.3% (1,697  ±569) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.4% ±1.1% (8,120  ±1,256) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,120 Total veterans ±1,256 7,448 Male ±1,182 672 Female ±344

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