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24828

429 Population
15 square miles 28.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63.5 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in McDowell County: 43.7 ±0.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$11,079 ±$4,144 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in McDowell County: $17,253 † ±$1,792
  • about one-third of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$17,424 ±$11,779 Median household income
  • about half the amount in McDowell County: $31,559 ±$2,515
  • about one-quarter of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

42.2% ±39.4% (181  ±202) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in McDowell County: 34.2% † 5,399 (±6.2% / ±983)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

34.1 minutes ±38.4 (1,740  ±1,298) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in McDowell County: 36 † 127,200 (±5.6 / ±25,383)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

176 ±103 Number of households
  • McDowell County: 6,467 ±288
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.4 ±0.4 (429  ±262) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in McDowell County: 2.4 15,760 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

317 ±122 Number of housing units
  • McDowell County: 9,336 ±21
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$-666,666,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • McDowell County: $50,000 ±$4,822
  • West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

78.1% ±67.6% (260  ±156.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in McDowell County: 75.5% 10,152 (±4.8% / ±658.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
0.9% ±10.4% (3  ±34.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than a fifth of the rate in McDowell County: 6.8% † 911 (±2.1% / ±286.2)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

1.4% ±1.8% (5  ±7) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in McDowell County: 4.7% † 694 (±1.4% / ±198)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
5 Total veterans ±7 5 Male ±7 N/A Female ±13

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