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Charleston, WV real estate and demographic information

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Charleston zip codes25301, 25314, 25304, 25311, 25302, 25309, 25003, 25315, 25303, 25107

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POPULATION
53,196

Charleston, WV Information

CHARLESTON INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 53,196
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 27,084
CHARLESTON HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 52.38%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 37.98%
% VACANT 9.64%
TYPE OF CHARLESTON HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 64.63%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 2.50%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 15.39%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 16.93%
MOBILE HOMES 0.52%
OTHER 0.03%
SIZE OF CHARLESTON HOMES
NO BEDROOM 1.76%
1 BEDROOM 17.61%
2 BEDROOMS 30.99%
3 BEDROOMS 32.76%
4 BEDROOMS 13.78%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 3.10%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 2.74%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 21.90%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 50.23%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 25.13%


CHARLESTON REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $154,921
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $474
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$77,000 16.11%
$77,001-$153,000 33.51%
$153,001-$307,000 34.49%
$307,001-$460,000 8.70%
$460,001-$615,000 3.64%
$615,001-$769,000 1.85%
$769,001-$1,153,000 0.90%
$1,153,001-$1,537,000 0.40%
> $1,537,000 0.40%


PEOPLE OF Charleston DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 5.45%
5 TO 17 14.82%
18 TO 24 8.64%
25 TO 34 12.21%
35 TO 54 31.18%
55 TO 64 9.81%
65 YEARS AND OVER 17.89%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 83.81%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 32.58%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $34,009
PER CAPITA INCOME $26,017
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 16.67%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Healthcare (15.49%), Retail (10.59%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (9.88%), Public Service (9.76%), Education (8.03%), Accomodation (7.28%), Manufacturing (6.03%), Finance (5.16%), Other (5.05%), Information Technology (3.98%), Construction (3.49%), Administration (3.49%), Wholesale (3.05%), Transportation (2.41%), Real Estate (2.24%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 5.31%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 80.38%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 14.54%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.35%
ASIAN 1.98%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.00%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 0.37%
TWO OR MORE RACES 2.38%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 0.70%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Unclassified (29.13%), Other Groups (17.44%), United States or American (11.48%), English (8.66%), German (8.17%), Irish (7.36%), Italian (3.47%), Scotch-Irish (2.48%)
FOREIGN BORN 3.21%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (89.50%)
About Charleston

Charleston is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 53,196 people and 26 constituent neighborhoods, Charleston is the largest community in West Virginia.

Charleston is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.35% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Charleston is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Charleston who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.16%), sales jobs (13.66%), and management occupations (9.64%).

One of the benefits of Charleston is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.30 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.

Charleston Information and Demographics

The education level of Charleston citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 32.58% of adults in Charleston have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Charleston in 2000 was $26,017, which is wealthy relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,068 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Charleston is English.

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