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26554

42,118 Population
131.9 square miles 319.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 40.3 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$37,402 ±$1,267 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: $34,952 ±$969
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$69,712 ±$5,187 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: $67,370 ±$4,114
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

13.3% ±1.8% (5,430  ±730) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 13.6% † 7,395 (±1.5% / ±796)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

24.6 minutes ±0.5 (436,385  ±21,305) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 25.7 580,550 (±0.6 / ±24,364)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

17,781 ±540 Number of households
  • the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 23,339 ±406
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.3 ±0.1 (40,688  ±759) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 2.3 54,479 (±0 / ±44)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

5.3% ±1.6% (515  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 5.1% † 633 (±1.3% / ±161)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

19,706 ±441 Number of housing units
  • the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 26,276 ±60
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$183,900 ±$9,135 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: $166,700 ±$5,353
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

12.1% ±1.5% (5,035  ±639.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 10.3% † 5,702 (±1.2% / ±677.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

93.5% ±3.2% (27,273  ±1,065.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 92.8% 35,945 (±3% / ±1,170.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
31.9% ±2.1% (9,301  ±645.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 27.2% 10,536 (±1.7% / ±656)
  • about 1.3 times 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

1% ±0.3% (435  ±133) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 0.9% 475
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

6.7% ±0.8% (2,293  ±272) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 6.7% † 3,008 (±0.7% / ±301)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
2,293 Total veterans ±272 2,115 Male ±261 178 Female ±66

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