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26241

14,102 Population
104.7 square miles 134.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 44.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$31,827 ±$3,772 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: $29,069 ±$1,989
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$50,538 ±$6,848 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: $52,757 ±$4,392
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

14.2% ±3.3% (1,919  ±466) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 15.9% † 4,018 (±2.5% / ±619)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

15.5 minutes ±1.8 (90,515  ±13,700) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 21.1 207,305 (±1.9 / ±22,288)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

5,992 ±341 Number of households
  • the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 10,678 ±303
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.3 ±0 (13,528  ±795) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 2.4 25,262 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

5% ±3.6% (142  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 5.7% † 295 (±2.5% / ±127)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

7,072 ±305 Number of housing units
  • the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 13,072 ±38
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$152,000 ±$15,440 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: $144,800 † ±$19,243
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

11.4% ±3% (1,595  ±430.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 12.9% † 3,515 (±2.4% / ±649.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

90.3% ±5.5% (9,360  ±733) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 88.3% 17,906 (±4.7% / ±945.1)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
24.5% ±3.6% (2,535  ±392.4) 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

0.9% ±0.5% (122  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 0.5% 130
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

6.7% ±1.7% (777  ±199) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 7.3% † 1,634 (±1.4% / ±307)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
777 Total veterans ±199 721 Male ±190 56 Female ±53

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