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24701

17,943 Population
61.2 square miles 293.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 44 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$26,064 ±$2,381 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $28,364 ±$1,234
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$44,188 ±$4,300 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $46,906 ±$2,433
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

18.1% ±3.3% (3,201  ±613) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 18.5% 17,746 (±1.4% / ±1,367)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

22.7 minutes ±3.1 (131,980  ±22,611) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 24.7 843,585 (±1.2 / ±52,077)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

7,713 ±435 Number of households
  • the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 40,364 ±687
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.3 ±0 (17,674  ±1,001) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 2.4 96,070 (±0 / ±41)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

3.4% ±2% (147  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 5.5% † 1,137 (±1.5% / ±318)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

9,419 ±432 Number of housing units
  • the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 49,162 ±53
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$100,000 ±$9,908 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $117,500 ±$4,750
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

13% ±3.7% (2,311  ±679.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 9.2% † 9,041 (±1.2% / ±1,173.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

86.2% ±5% (10,802  ±872.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 86.9% 61,474 (±2.7% / ±1,885.6)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
19.4% ±3.4% (2,434  ±448.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 18.9% 13,384 (±1.3% / ±942.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

1% ±0.6% (174  ±106) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 1% 962
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

5.3% ±1.3% (754  ±183) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 7% 5,519 (±0.6% / ±506)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
754 Total veterans ±183 693 Male ±176 61 Female ±68

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