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Charleston, West Virginia Neighborhood Profile

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Over fifty-three thousand, four hundred and twenty-one people live in Charleston, West Virginia, twenty-four thousand, nine hundred and six males, twenty-eight thousand, five hundred and fifteen females. The median age for Charleston, West Virginia is forty point eight years old. The number of households is 24,505. The number of affordable housing units in Charleston, West Virginia is two thousand, six hundred and twenty-six compared to 10,424,540 nationwide. The number of Charleston, West Virginia owner-occupied units is twenty-four thousand, five hundred and five compared to one hundred and five million, four hundred and eighty thousand, one hundred and one in the U.S. The median value of Charleston, West Virginia housing units currently stands at $101,400. In terms of Charleston, West Virginia income characteristics, the median household income for Charleston, West Virginia is $34,009 dollars.

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 Charleston, West Virginia United States
Total population53,421 281,421,906
StateWest Virginia 
CityCharleston 

Charleston, West Virginia Population

 Charleston, West Virginia %, Charleston, West Virginia United States
Male24,90646.62%49.06%
Female28,51553.38%50.94%
Median age (years)40.8  35.3
18 years and over42,37879.33%74.31%
21 years and over40,44275.7%69.97%
62 years and over10,79720.21%14.66%
65 years and over9,42317.64%12.43%

 Charleston, West Virginia %, Charleston, West Virginia United States
White43,07280.63%75.14%
Black or African American8,04815.07%12.32%
Asian9791.83%3.64%
Some other race3010.56%5.46%
Two or more races1,0211.91%2.43%
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Charleston, West Virginia Housing

 Charleston, West Virginia %, Charleston, West Virginia United States
Total housing units 27,084 115,904,641
- Vacant housing units 2,6269.7%8.99%
- Occupied housing units 24,50590.48%91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units 14,23052.54%60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units 10,27537.94%30.77%
 Charleston, West Virginia %, Charleston, West Virginia United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 20004,621 18.86%19.95%
1995 to 19986,624 27.03%28.9%
1990 to 19943,828 15.62%16.07%
1980 to 19893,628 14.81%15.58%
1970 to 19792,569 10.48%9.86%
1969 or earlier3,203 13.07%9.65%
 Charleston, West Virginia %, Charleston, West Virginia United States
Total households24,505  105,480,101
Family households (families)13,616 55.56%68.06%
Nonfamily households10,889 44.44%31.94%
 Charleston, West Virginia United States
VALUE
Less than $50,0002,0725,457,817
$50,000 to $99,9994,39116,778,971
$100,000 to $149,9992,96813,110,384
$150,000 to $199,9991,5758,075,904
$200,000 to $299,9991,1626,583,049
$300,000 to $499,9997473,584,108
$500,000 to $999,9991521,308,116
$1,000,000 or more46313,759
Median (dollars)101,400119,600
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Charleston, West Virginia Education

 Charleston, West Virginia %, Charleston, West Virginia United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 11,560 76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool7496.48% 6.47%
Kindergarten5845.05% 5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)5,00643.3% 43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)2,39620.73% 21.38%
College or graduate school2,82524.44% 22.81%
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Charleston, West Virginia Economy

 Charleston, West Virginia %, Charleston, West Virginia United States
Population 16 years and over43,619  217,168,077
In labor force25,956 59.51%63.92%
- Civilian labor force25,908 59.4%63.39%
- - Employed24,398 55.93%59.73%
- - Unemployed1,510 3.46%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force5.8  5.8
- Armed Forces48 0.11%0.53%
Not in labor force17,663 40.49%36.08%
Females 16 years and over23,695 54.32%51.66%
In labor force12,696 29.11%29.72%
- Civilian labor force12,696 29.11%29.65%
- - Employed12,013 27.54%27.92%
Own children under 6 years3,288 7.54%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force1,999  12,787,501
With earnings17,799 40.81%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)57,446  56,604
With Social Security income7,787 17.85%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)11,884  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income1,370 3.14%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)6,141  6,320
With public assistance income950 2.18%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)2,170  3,032
With retirement income4,708 10.79%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)18,109  17,376
 Charleston, West Virginia %, Charleston, West Virginia United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households24,522  105,539,122
Less than $10,0003,956 16.13%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,9991,883 7.68%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,9993,658 14.92%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,9993,015 12.3%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,9993,457 14.1%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,9993,448 14.06%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,9991,898 7.74%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,9991,720 7.01%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999537 2.19%2.2%
$200,000 or more950 3.87%2.37%
Median household income (dollars)34,009  41,994
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The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.