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26601

4,121 Population
126.7 square miles 32.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Braxton County: 46.6 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$26,774 ±$4,350 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Braxton County: $25,639 ±$1,870
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$50,469 ±$12,950 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Braxton County: $50,331 † ±$5,990
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

14.1% ±5.4% (517  ±207) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Braxton County: 20.4% † 2,399 (±3.7% / ±440)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

29.4 minutes ±2.7 (34,525  ±8,708) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Braxton County: 33.6 120,365 (±3.1 / ±15,218)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,529 ±209 Number of households
  • Braxton County: 4,790 ±266
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.4 ±0.4 (3,682  ±408) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Braxton County: 2.5 11,769 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,009 ±229 Number of housing units
  • Braxton County: 6,244 ±25
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$116,600 ±$28,315 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Braxton County: $117,900 ±$8,283
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

12.1% ±3.3% (498  ±143.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Braxton County: 7.5% † 909 (±2% / ±243.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

82.4% ±5.1% (2,709  ±327) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Braxton County: 84.5% 7,723 (±5.2% / ±472.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
13.2% ±3.5% (434  ±122.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Braxton County: 14.4% † 1,315 (±2.4% / ±220.5)
  • 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

0.1% ±0.1% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Braxton County: 0.1% 12
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

12.1% ±3.8% (419  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Braxton County: 8.8% † 873 (±2.4% / ±235)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
419 Total veterans ±137 406 Male ±135 13 Female ±13

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