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26679

1,628 Population
52.3 square miles 31.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±7.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nicholas County: 46.1 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$23,919 ±$4,388 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nicholas County: $32,265 † ±$3,212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$53,459 ±$16,481 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Nicholas County: $54,639 ±$5,254
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

18% ±12.8% (274  ±210) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nicholas County: 15.4% † 3,705 (±2.9% / ±704)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

39.3 minutes ±11.2 (21,710  ±9,724) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nicholas County: 33.1 276,090 (±2.7 / ±32,587)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

707 ±199 Number of households
  • Nicholas County: 9,466 ±375
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.3 ±0.9 (1,628  ±415) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nicholas County: 2.6 24,142 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

20.5% ±19.8% (71  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Nicholas County: 1.9% † 87 (±1.7% / ±78)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,068 ±194 Number of housing units
  • Nicholas County: 12,550 ±48
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$164,900 ±$39,821 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Nicholas County: $121,600 † ±$13,727
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

10.9% ±9.5% (177  ±161.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nicholas County: 8.3% † 2,006 (±3% / ±721.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

95.6% ±35.2% (1,079  ±274.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Nicholas County: 90.3% 15,969 (±5.3% / ±955.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
15.9% ±9.1% (180  ±112.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nicholas County: 23.3% † 4,122 (±3.2% / ±569.5)
  • about two-thirds 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

N/A Foreign-born population

3.7% ±3.5% (45  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Nicholas County: 7.6% † 1,456 (±1.4% / ±273)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
45 Total veterans ±44 45 Male ±44 N/A Female ±13

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