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26218

2,883 Population
69.2 square miles 41.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±5.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Upshur County: 42.3 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$24,774 ±$3,617 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Upshur County: $30,013 ±$2,135
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$58,646 ±$11,226 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Upshur County: $54,338 ±$2,364
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

21.2% ±8.5% (608  ±271) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Upshur County: 19.2% † 4,293 (±2.8% / ±630)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

32.6 minutes ±14.5 (30,640  ±9,458) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Upshur County: 28.1 220,680 (±2.4 / ±25,367)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,094 ±191 Number of households
  • Upshur County: 9,557 ±291
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.6 ±0.2 (2,883  ±566) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Upshur County: 2.3 22,328 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

1.7% ±2.4% (11  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Upshur County: 3.6% † 185 (±1.9% / ±96)
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,491 ±229 Number of housing units
  • Upshur County: 11,281 ±41
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$143,900 ±$31,548 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Upshur County: $170,800 ±$10,091
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

5.3% ±5% (153  ±147.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Upshur County: 9.8% † 2,305 (±2.1% / ±497.1)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

86.6% ±6.2% (1,628  ±297.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Upshur County: 88.5% 14,549 (±4.4% / ±731.4)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
11.7% ±5.4% (219  ±107.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Upshur County: 18.2% † 2,986 (±2.3% / ±370.4)
  • about half 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

0.3% ±0.7% (8  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Upshur County: 0.9% 216
  • less than a fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

3.8% ±1.7% (81  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Upshur County: 7.5% † 1,411 (±1.6% / ±305)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
81 Total veterans ±38 81 Male ±38 N/A Female ±13

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