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Beckley, WV real estate and demographic information

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Beckley zip codes25818, 25836, 25909, 25801, 25880, 25932, 25864

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POPULATION
17,425

Beckley, WV Information

BECKLEY INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 17,425
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 8,736
BECKLEY HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 55.72%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 31.79%
% VACANT 12.49%
TYPE OF BECKLEY HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 74.38%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 3.18%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 7.19%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 13.75%
MOBILE HOMES 1.50%
OTHER 0.00%
SIZE OF BECKLEY HOMES
NO BEDROOM 0.31%
1 BEDROOM 11.94%
2 BEDROOMS 31.56%
3 BEDROOMS 42.06%
4 BEDROOMS 11.85%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 2.28%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 3.26%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 24.02%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 55.04%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 17.68%


BECKLEY REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $122,176
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $500
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$86,000 25.34%
$86,001-$171,000 47.72%
$171,001-$343,000 20.40%
$343,001-$514,000 4.48%
$514,001-$684,000 1.44%
$684,001-$855,000 0.25%
$855,001-$1,284,000 0.37%
$1,284,001-$1,713,000 0.00%
> $1,713,000 0.00%


PEOPLE OF Beckley DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 5.51%
5 TO 17 16.50%
18 TO 24 8.51%
25 TO 34 10.23%
35 TO 54 29.91%
55 TO 64 8.48%
65 YEARS AND OVER 20.87%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 80.22%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 21.04%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $28,122
PER CAPITA INCOME $18,912
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 20.89%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Healthcare (18.55%), Retail (13.93%), Education (10.07%), Accomodation (8.71%), Public Service (6.20%), Other (5.96%), Construction (5.64%), Manufacturing (4.82%), Administration (4.03%), Transportation (3.65%), Information Technology (3.60%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (3.49%), Finance (3.34%), Wholesale (2.95%), Mining (2.22%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 4.86%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 73.31%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 22.89%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.04%
ASIAN 2.09%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.29%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 0.06%
TWO OR MORE RACES 1.31%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 0.92%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Unclassified (28.07%), Other Groups (25.26%), United States or American (15.17%), English (7.08%), German (6.08%), Irish (5.35%), Italian (3.35%)
FOREIGN BORN 2.70%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (90.48%)
About Beckley

Beckley is a somewhat small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 17,425 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, Beckley is the 9th largest community in West Virginia.

Unlike some cities, Beckley isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Beckley are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Beckley is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beckley who work in sales jobs (15.82%), office and administrative support jobs (14.31%), and healthcare (9.09%).

One of the benefits of Beckley is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.21 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Beckley is a very car-oriented city. This is because most people - 96.8% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Beckley.

Beckley Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Beckley is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 21.04% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Beckley in 2000 was $18,912, which is wealthy relative to West Virginia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $75,648 for a family of four.

Beckley is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Beckley home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Beckley is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Beckley include English, German, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Beckley is English.

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