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Wood, Wetzel, Ritchie, Tyler, Doddridge, Pleasants, Wirt Counties PUMA, WV

132,447 Population
2,115.2 square miles 62.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.9 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,715 ±$1,830 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $34,707 ±$725
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$55,826 ±$4,698 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $60,798 ±$1,120
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.1% ±2.6% (22,134  ±3,417) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 286,737 (±0.8% / ±12,801)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.2 minutes ±0.7 (1,197,115  ±44,891) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

55,359 ±1,748 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 740,840 ±7,351
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (130,087  ±1,537) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.3 1,718,002
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.8% ±2.5% (2,265  ±638) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 4.8% † 18,297 (±0.5% / ±2,042)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

65,328 ±726 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 866,433 ±142
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$162,500 ±$7,691 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $170,800 ±$2,594
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9% ±2.1% (11,852  ±2,729.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10% 175,293 (±0.6% / ±10,672.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.6% ±3.9% (87,887  ±3,879) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 90.1% 1,142,711 (±1.3% / ±16,346.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
22.4% ±1.9% (21,692  ±1,898.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 24.4% 309,281 (±0.7% / ±9,008.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

1.3% ±0.2% (1,606  ±292.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 2.5% 43,001 (±0.1% / ±1,807.2)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

0.9% ±0.4% (1,225  ±513) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 2.1% 37,253
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.6% ±1.2% (8,072  ±1,274) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.3% 103,725 (±0.4% / ±5,018)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,072 Total veterans ±1,274 7,506 Male ±1,247 566 Female ±350

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