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Monongalia, Marion, Preston Counties PUMA, WV

198,401 Population
1,317.7 square miles 150.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,143 ±$2,070 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,707 ±$725
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,097 ±$3,754 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $60,798 ±$1,120
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.1% ±2% (31,927  ±3,792) 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)

23.9 minutes ±1.1 (2,060,490  ±124,797) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.5 18,381,010 (±0.5 / ±422,961)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

82,885 ±1,556 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 740,840 ±7,351
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (186,342  ±222) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.3 1,718,002
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±1.6% (2,371  ±796) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 4.8% † 18,297 (±0.5% / ±2,042)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

91,352 ±105 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 866,433 ±142
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$211,700 ±$11,733 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $170,800 ±$2,594
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.1% ±2% (31,568  ±3,997.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 10% 175,293 (±0.6% / ±10,672.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.7% ±3.6% (121,101  ±4,860.3) 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)
36.5% ±2.5% (48,233  ±3,250.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 24.4% 309,281 (±0.7% / ±9,008.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

4.4% ±0.4% (8,300  ±792) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 2.5% 43,001 (±0.1% / ±1,807.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

3.7% (7,291  ±1,279) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 2.1% 37,253
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.2% ±0.8% (8,563  ±1,274) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 7.3% 103,725 (±0.4% / ±5,018)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,563 Total veterans ±1,274 7,810 Male ±1,165 753 Female ±366

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