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26250

5,322 Population
91.4 square miles 58.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±2.1 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

$23,087 ±$2,953 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: $29,069 ±$1,989
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$47,682 ±$8,510 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: $52,757 ±$4,392
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

24.2% ±6.9% (1,154  ±358) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 15.9% † 4,018 (±2.5% / ±619)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

27.9 minutes ±4.5 (47,475  ±12,313) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 21.1 207,305 (±1.9 / ±22,288)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,755 ±184 Number of households
  • the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 10,678 ±303
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.7 ±0.2 (4,790  ±587) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 2.4 25,262 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

0.9% ±1.8% (11  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 5.7% † 295 (±2.5% / ±127)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

2,004 ±180 Number of housing units
  • the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 13,072 ±38
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$112,000 ±$14,699 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: $144,800 † ±$19,243
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

8.1% ±2.4% (424  ±131.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 12.9% † 3,515 (±2.4% / ±649.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

84.6% ±4.8% (3,223  ±350.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 88.3% 17,906 (±4.7% / ±945.1)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
8.6% ±2.9% (329  ±113.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 19.8% † 4,013 (±2.6% / ±531.4)
  • about one-third 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

0% ±0.1% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 0.5% 130
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

6.9% ±2.8% (290  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than 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)
290 Total veterans ±123 282 Male ±123 8 Female ±10

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