Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

26847

5,305 Population
136.2 square miles 38.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

50.4 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Grant County: 46.4 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$32,055 ±$3,906 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Grant County: $30,795 ±$2,808
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$52,139 ±$10,587 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Grant County: $62,361 † ±$11,997
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

15.8% ±4% (821  ±221) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Grant County: 13.3% † 1,443 (±3.4% / ±369)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

19.3 minutes ±2.7 (42,310  ±8,794) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Grant County: 25.1 109,215 (±2.2 / ±12,690)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

2,307 ±246 Number of households
  • Grant County: 4,393 ±226
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.2 ±0.3 (5,169  ±507) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Grant County: 2.5 10,843 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

6.5% ±6.6% (64  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Grant County: 6.3% † 126 (±3.9% / ±78)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

2,982 ±222 Number of housing units
  • Grant County: 5,670 ±22
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$180,400 ±$12,644 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Grant County: $175,100 ±$14,733
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

6.8% ±3.6% (355  ±193.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Grant County: 4.7% † 516 (±2.3% / ±249.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

88.4% ±4.3% (3,516  ±373.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grant County: 89.6% 7,276 (±5.6% / ±458.5)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
14.4% ±3.7% (572  ±156.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Grant County: 14% † 1,134 (±2.8% / ±230.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.4% ±1.4% (72  ±75) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Grant County: 0.8% 82
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

5.1% ±1.7% (222  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Grant County: 8.3% † 734 (±2.1% / ±184)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
222 Total veterans ±77 222 Male ±77 N/A Female ±18

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.