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Parkersburg, WV real estate and demographic information

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Parkersburg zip codes26104, 26150, 26184, 26101, 26187, 26181, 26180, 26143

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Parkersburg, WV Information

About Parkersburg

Parkersburg is a medium-sized city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 33,158 people and 18 constituent neighborhoods, Parkersburg is the third largest community in West Virginia.

Parkersburg is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Parkersburg is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Parkersburg who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.40%), sales jobs (14.25%), and food service (6.58%).

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Parkersburg spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.45 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Parkersburg is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. The bus helps to get a lot of people to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Parkersburg area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Parkersburg Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Parkersburg with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 14.96% for all communities. 12.88% of adults in Parkersburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Parkersburg in 2000 was $16,106, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $64,424 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Parkersburg is English.