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Elkins, WV Urban Area

10,958 Population
7.1 square miles 1,538.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,444 ±$4,219 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$48,409 ±$9,489 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

17.2% ±3.7% (1,771  ±392) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

13.7 minutes ±1.5 (60,510  ±9,449) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

4,390 ±357 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.2 (10,283  ±602) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.1% ±2.4% (73  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

5,275 ±331 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$149,000 ±$23,029 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14.9% ±3.6% (1,608  ±400.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

88.9% ±5.9% (6,886  ±626.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
23% ±4% (1,782  ±326.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

1% ±0.6% (114  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.3% ±1.6% (570  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
570 Total veterans ±145 514 Male ±128 56 Female ±48

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