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Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area

135,517 Population
943.4 square miles 143.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,322 ±$1,917 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$59,180 ±$3,821 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14.4% ±2.1% (18,599  ±2,761) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.3 minutes ±0.7 (1,373,955  ±48,172) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

59,980 ±1,334 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (129,018  ±109) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

8.6% ±2.6% (2,262  ±691) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

67,315 ±82 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$161,300 ±$8,541 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.3% ±2.2% (15,180  ±2,922.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

93.4% ±4.1% (92,199  ±4,135.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
25.8% ±2.5% (25,484  ±2,429.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

1.7% ±7,036.4% (2,326  ±966) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6.3% ±0.9% (6,902  ±961) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
6,902 Total veterans ±961 6,586 Male ±935 316 Female ±173

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