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24836

914 Population
8.2 square miles 111.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30 ±13.9 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in McDowell County: 43.7 ±0.6
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$17,179 ±$8,607 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in McDowell County: $17,253 † ±$1,792
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$36,250 ±$10,951 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in McDowell County: $31,559 ±$2,515
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

46% ±50% (379  ±476) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times 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)

32.2 minutes ±11.5 (9,590  ±7,189) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 36 † 127,200 (±5.6 / ±25,383)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

178 ±89 Number of households
  • McDowell County: 6,467 ±288
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
4.6 ±1.8 (824  ±519) Persons per household
  • nearly double the figure in McDowell County: 2.4 15,760 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about double the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

29.6% ±36.8% (53  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in McDowell County: 4.4% † 141 (±3.1% / ±99)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

311 ±100 Number of housing units
  • McDowell County: 9,336 ±21
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$47,700 ±$13,340 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in McDowell County: $50,000 ±$4,822
  • about one-quarter of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

7.1% ±6.1% (65  ±67) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in McDowell County: 6.7% † 1,187 (±1.4% / ±242.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

93% ±64.9% (583  ±250.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in McDowell County: 75.5% 10,152 (±4.8% / ±658.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
6.4% ±10.8% (40  ±70.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in McDowell County: 6.8% † 911 (±2.1% / ±286.2)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.2% ±0.4% (1  ±3) Population with veteran status
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in McDowell County: 4.7% † 694 (±1.4% / ±198)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
1 Total veterans ±3 1 Male ±3 N/A Female ±13

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