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24844

1,049 Population
57.1 square miles 18.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.1 ±23.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in McDowell County: 43.7 ±0.6
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$20,027 ±$8,895 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in McDowell County: $17,253 † ±$1,792
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$25,756 ±$6,300 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in McDowell County: $31,559 ±$2,515
  • about two-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

34% ±12.1% (357  ±170) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in McDowell County: 34.2% † 5,399 (±6.2% / ±983)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

30.1 minutes ±10.7 (8,145  ±5,995) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 36 † 127,200 (±5.6 / ±25,383)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

422 ±146 Number of households
  • McDowell County: 6,467 ±288
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.5 ±1.2 (1,043  ±330) 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

568 ±169 Number of housing units
  • McDowell County: 9,336 ±21
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$66,500 ±$21,727 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in McDowell County: $50,000 ±$4,822
  • about two-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

1.5% ±3% (16  ±31.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in McDowell County: 6.7% † 1,187 (±1.4% / ±242.2)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

65.1% ±7.4% (494  ±158.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in McDowell County: 75.5% 10,152 (±4.8% / ±658.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
9.1% ±8.7% (69  ±69.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in McDowell County: 6.8% † 911 (±2.1% / ±286.2)
  • about two-fifths 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

2.8% ±2.6% (25  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in McDowell County: 4.7% † 694 (±1.4% / ±198)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
25 Total veterans ±25 25 Male ±25 N/A Female ±13

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