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24868

999 Population
33.6 square miles 29.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.5 ±7.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in McDowell County: 43.7 ±0.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$17,851 ±$6,802 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in McDowell County: $17,253 † ±$1,792
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$30,259 ±$24,259 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in McDowell County: $31,559 ±$2,515
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

55.6% ±25.3% (552  ±321) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 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)

28.7 minutes ±27.3 (3,470  ±2,328) 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

464 ±166 Number of households
  • McDowell County: 6,467 ±288
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.1 ±0.1 (993  ±360) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 2.4 15,760 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

3.7% ±6.5% (6  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in McDowell County: 4.4% † 141 (±3.1% / ±99)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

901 ±184 Number of housing units
  • McDowell County: 9,336 ±21
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$40,500 ±$29,687 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in McDowell County: $50,000 ±$4,822
  • about one-quarter of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

1.8% ±3.2% (18  ±32.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in McDowell County: 6.7% † 1,187 (±1.4% / ±242.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

89.9% ±44.6% (849  ±274.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in McDowell County: 75.5% 10,152 (±4.8% / ±658.5)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
21.1% ±18.7% (199  ±191.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in McDowell County: 6.8% † 911 (±2.1% / ±286.2)
  • about 90 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

10.5% ±7.6% (102  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in McDowell County: 4.7% † 694 (±1.4% / ±198)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
102 Total veterans ±83 102 Male ±83 N/A Female ±13

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