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24894

409 Population
17 square miles 24.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±29.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 43.7 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$9,840 ±$6,092 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in McDowell County: $17,253 † ±$1,792
  • about one-quarter of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$24,423 ±$13,811 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in McDowell County: $31,559 ±$2,515
  • about two-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

63.3% ±37.2% (259  ±209) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double 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)

N/A

Families

158 ±81 Number of households
  • McDowell County: 6,467 ±288
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.6 ±0.5 (409  ±226) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in McDowell County: 2.4 15,760 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

8.9% ±13.7% (9  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in McDowell County: 4.4% † 141 (±3.1% / ±99)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

214 ±84 Number of housing units
  • McDowell County: 9,336 ±21
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$24,500 ±$9,010 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in McDowell County: $50,000 ±$4,822
  • less than a fifth of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

3.7% ±8.4% (14  ±32.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in McDowell County: 6.7% † 1,187 (±1.4% / ±242.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

80.4% ±6.8% (258  ±135.2) 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)
1.9% ±10.2% (6  ±32.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in McDowell County: 6.8% † 911 (±2.1% / ±286.2)
  • about 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

11.8% ±9.1% (39  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in McDowell County: 4.7% † 694 (±1.4% / ±198)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
39 Total veterans ±36 39 Male ±36 N/A Female ±13

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