Wheeling, West Virginia Demographics

Wheeling is 4th in West Virginia out of 27 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Wheeling is 4th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Households

Wheeling is 4th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Housing units

Wheeling is 4th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Wheeling is 5th in West Virginia out of 27 other cities in Current population (2012)

Wheeling is 5th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Size in square miles

Wheeling is 5th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Wheeling is 6th in West Virginia out of 28 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Wheeling is 7th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Female residents

Wheeling is 8th in West Virginia out of 32 other cities in Race - Two or More

Size Demographics
	Wheeling	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	28,213	5th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	13.8	5th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,065.5	14th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Wheeling	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	5.1%	27th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	18.5%	26th	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	20.6%	4th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Wheeling	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.7%	14th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	25.7%	13th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Wheeling	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	91.2%	20th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.1%	12th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	13th	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	15th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	26th	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.4%	8th	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	27th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	90.6%	20th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Wheeling	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	53.1%	7th	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.4%	20th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Wheeling	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	14,661	4th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	31.6%	5th	12.0%	25.9%
Households	12,770	4th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	64.2%	19th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$92,000	18th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.1	31st	2.4	2.6

Income Demographics
	Wheeling	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$22,881	18th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$34,807	19th	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.0%	16th	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Wheeling	Rank	West Virginia	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,061	4th	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$402,129	9th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,855	24th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$76,523	6th	$2,553,258	$613,795,732