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26224

311 Population
30.9 square miles 10.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±33.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 44.4 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$8,071 ±$6,479 Per capita income
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: $29,069 ±$1,989
  • about one-quarter of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$23,000 ±$21,130 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: $52,757 ±$4,392
  • about two-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

75.6% ±40.6% (235  ±198) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 15.9% † 4,018 (±2.5% / ±619)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

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Families

106 ±69 Number of households
  • the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 10,678 ±303
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.9 ±2.7 (311  ±202) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 2.4 25,262 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

85.7% ±17.4% (42  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 5.7% † 295 (±2.5% / ±127)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

152 ±79 Number of housing units
  • the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 13,072 ±38
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$57,400 ±$50,969 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: $144,800 † ±$19,243
  • about one-third of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

70.4% ±41.1% (219  ±191.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 12.9% † 3,515 (±2.4% / ±649.1)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

60.2% ±34.3% (103  ±84) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 88.3% 17,906 (±4.7% / ±945.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
24.6% ±25.8% (42  ±50.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 19.8% † 4,013 (±2.6% / ±531.4)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

48% ±23% (82  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 7.3% † 1,634 (±1.4% / ±307)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
82 Total veterans ±62 82 Male ±62 N/A Female ±13

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