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Wayne, Logan, Mingo, Boone, Wyoming, Lincoln, McDowell Counties PUMA, WV

166,845 Population
3,354.4 square miles 49.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±0.4 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

$28,299 ±$1,970 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,707 ±$725
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$50,820 ±$3,881 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $60,798 ±$1,120
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.6% ±3% (35,083  ±4,892) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 286,737 (±0.8% / ±12,801)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30.5 minutes ±1.2 (1,563,515  ±76,856) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

68,120 ±2,245 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 740,840 ±7,351
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (163,293  ±76) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.3 1,718,002
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.8% ±1.7% (1,644  ±566) 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

83,796 ±44 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 866,433 ±142
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$99,500 ±$7,646 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $170,800 ±$2,594
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7% ±1.3% (11,469  ±2,171.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 10% 175,293 (±0.6% / ±10,672.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

83.8% ±3.6% (100,527  ±4,501.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 90.1% 1,142,711 (±1.3% / ±16,346.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
13.6% ±1.7% (16,282  ±2,073.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 24.4% 309,281 (±0.7% / ±9,008.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

1.1% ±0.3% (1,710  ±408.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of 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)

0.2% (243  ±266) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent 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

6.5% ±1.1% (8,675  ±1,410) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.3% 103,725 (±0.4% / ±5,018)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,675 Total veterans ±1,410 7,686 Male ±1,251 989 Female ±560

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