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26205

2,957 Population
22.7 square miles 130.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±9.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nicholas County: 46.1 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$26,132 ±$5,416 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nicholas County: $32,265 † ±$3,212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$37,378 ±$30,512 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nicholas County: $54,639 ±$5,254
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

9.3% ±4.4% (274  ±154) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nicholas County: 15.4% † 3,705 (±2.9% / ±704)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

18.9 minutes ±7.5 (14,680  ±9,580) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Nicholas County: 33.1 276,090 (±2.7 / ±32,587)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,234 ±311 Number of households
  • Nicholas County: 9,466 ±375
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.4 ±0.4 (2,957  ±892) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Nicholas County: 2.6 24,142 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

0.8% ±2.8% (5  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nicholas County: 1.9% † 87 (±1.7% / ±78)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,673 ±332 Number of housing units
  • Nicholas County: 12,550 ±48
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$81,000 ±$21,346 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nicholas County: $121,600 † ±$13,727
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

0.4% ±1% (12  ±30.8) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Nicholas County: 8.3% † 2,006 (±3% / ±721.6)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

87.8% ±35.4% (1,906  ±516.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Nicholas County: 90.3% 15,969 (±5.3% / ±955.8)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
24.5% ±14.1% (531  ±343.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Nicholas County: 23.3% † 4,122 (±3.2% / ±569.5)
  • about the same as 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

0.8% ±1.3% (23  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Nicholas County: 1.6% 399
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

4.9% ±3.1% (120  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nicholas County: 7.6% † 1,456 (±1.4% / ±273)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
120 Total veterans ±83 120 Male ±83 N/A Female ±13

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