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26836

5,625 Population
174.1 square miles 32.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Hardy County: 46.7 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$28,634 ±$4,037 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Hardy County: $29,801 ±$2,187
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$47,770 ±$3,375 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Hardy County: $49,272 ±$2,641
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

14.5% ±4.6% (813  ±270) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hardy County: 17.7% † 2,499 (±3.3% / ±465)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

17.8 minutes ±2.3 (37,660  ±6,948) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Hardy County: 29.7 161,270 (±2.8 / ±19,920)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

2,401 ±252 Number of households
  • Hardy County: 5,954 ±245
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.3 ±0.3 (5,625  ±509) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hardy County: 2.4 14,158 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

5.9% ±4.1% (70  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hardy County: 7% † 184 (±3.8% / ±99)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

2,896 ±243 Number of housing units
  • Hardy County: 8,284 ±18
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$151,100 ±$25,335 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hardy County: $166,300 ±$12,533
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

8% ±4.1% (444  ±233.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hardy County: 9.1% † 1,280 (±3.1% / ±434.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

81.5% ±5.7% (3,346  ±396.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hardy County: 84.9% 8,920 (±5.5% / ±575.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
11.2% ±3.7% (460  ±158.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hardy County: 15.7% † 1,645 (±2.7% / ±279.4)
  • 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

4.9% ±3.1% (274  ±174) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Hardy County: 2.1% 292
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

8.8% ±3.3% (403  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hardy County: 8% † 916 (±1.9% / ±211)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
403 Total veterans ±154 341 Male ±117 62 Female ±62

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