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Mercer, Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers, Webster, Pocahontas Counties PUMA, WV

131,568 Population
3,765.8 square miles 34.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$25,285 ±$1,690 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $31,922 ±$737
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$42,998 ±$3,235 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $54,329 ±$1,336
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

19.7% ±3.5% (25,158  ±4,467) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 17.9% 308,825 (±0.9% / ±15,631)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

26 minutes ±0.8 (1,204,335  ±46,959) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 26.3 17,717,956 (±0.2 / ±203,956)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

55,919 ±2,248 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 736,341 ±6,960
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0.1 (128,254  ±967) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.3 1,723,088
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

7% ±3.1% (1,840  ±815) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 5.2% † 19,540 (±0.7% / ±2,742)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

70,837 ±979 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 861,686 ±241
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$118,100 ±$9,014 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $155,100 ±$2,736
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

7.8% ±1.8% (10,187  ±2,306.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 10.4% 182,313 (±0.6% / ±10,125.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

88% ±4.4% (83,800  ±4,433.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.1% 1,125,415 (±1.2% / ±15,527.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
18.3% ±2.4% (17,402  ±2,258.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 24.8% 313,086 (±0.7% / ±9,417.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

2.3% ±0.3% (2,946  ±,426.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 2.5% 42,714 (±0.1% / ±1,996.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

0.4% ±0.2% (517  ±298) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,309
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

8.5% ±1.2% (8,965  ±1,213) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.8% 110,911 (±0.3% / ±4,661)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
8,965 Total veterans ±1,213 8,395 Male ±1,215 570 Female ±423

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