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Berkeley, Jefferson Counties PUMA, WV

197,551 Population
530.4 square miles 372.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.9 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,949 ±$1,879 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,707 ±$725
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$86,477 ±$3,326 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in West Virginia: $60,798 ±$1,120
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.3% ±2.1% (21,852  ±4,145) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 286,737 (±0.8% / ±12,801)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

32.6 minutes ±0.9 (2,667,955  ±90,081) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

79,554 ±1,197 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 740,840 ±7,351
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (195,007  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.3 1,718,002
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.1% ±1.4% (1,863  ±645) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.8% † 18,297 (±0.5% / ±2,042)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

82,630 ±33 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 866,433 ±142
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$315,500 ±$11,825 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in West Virginia: $170,800 ±$2,594
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.3% ±3.1% (27,965  ±6,120.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 10% 175,293 (±0.6% / ±10,672.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.7% ±4.2% (125,246  ±5,975.6) 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)
28.4% ±2.1% (39,602  ±2,942.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 24.4% 309,281 (±0.7% / ±9,008.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

6.2% ±0.4% (10,982  ±759.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 2.5% 43,001 (±0.1% / ±1,807.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

5.9% (11,742  ±2,371) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 2.1% 37,253
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

10.6% ±1.2% (16,151  ±1,757) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.3% 103,725 (±0.4% / ±5,018)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
16,151 Total veterans ±1,757 14,196 Male ±1,542 1,955 Female ±876

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