Preston County, West Virginia Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Preston County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home ownership rate

Preston County is 5th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Income per household

Preston County is 7th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Size in square miles

Preston County is 12th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Foreign born residents

Preston County is 12th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home median value

Preston County is 16th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Preston County is 17th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Current population (2012)

Preston County is 18th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Housing units

Preston County is 19th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Households

Size Demographics
	Preston County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	33,832	17th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	648.8	7th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	51.7	27th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Preston County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	40th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	19.3%	47th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.5%	44th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Preston County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	82.8%	24th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.1%	32nd	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Preston County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	97.6%	22nd	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.2%	28th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	30th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	40th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	16th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	0.8%	49th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	31st	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.9%	22nd	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Preston County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	48.6%	49th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.2%	12th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Preston County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	15,245	18th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	4.8%	40th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	12,908	19th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	82.7%	5th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$100,200	12th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.4	37th	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1	44th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Preston County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$20,438	22nd	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$43,434	5th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.9%	50th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Preston County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	537	21st	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,594	29th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,833	23rd	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$221,141	24th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,285	31st	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$12,240	31st	$2,553,258	$613,795,732