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

Wirt County is 4th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Home ownership rate

Wirt County is 13th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Wirt County is 14th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Wirt County is 16th in West Virginia out of 55 other counties in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Wirt County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Current population (2012)	5,847	55th	1,855,413	313,914,040
Size in square miles	232.5	48th	24,038.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	24.6	49th	77.1	87.4

Age Demographics
	Wirt County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents younger than 5	4.9%	45th	5.6%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.7%	22nd	20.7%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.2%	37th	16.8%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Wirt County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.4%	13th	82.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	10.8%	39th	17.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Wirt County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Race - White	98.1%	16th	94.0%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.3%	48th	3.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	22nd	0.2%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.2%	36th	0.7%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	52nd	0.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	21st	1.5%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	30th	1.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	97.5%	14th	92.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Wirt County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Female residents	49.7%	43rd	50.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.5%	30th	1.3%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Wirt County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Housing units	3,223	55th	881,752	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	2.4%	53rd	12.0%	25.9%
Households	2,325	55th	740,080	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	83.4%	4th	74.3%	66.1%
Home median value	$73,100	47th	$96,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	21st	2.4	2.6
Building permits (last year)	13	25th	2,718	829,658

Income Demographics
	Wirt County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Income per capita	$18,731	37th	$22,010	$27,915
Income per household	$37,482	23rd	$39,550	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.8%	31st	17.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Wirt County	Rank	West Virginia	US
Non-farm private establishments	67	55th	38,150	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	456	55th	568,344	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	515	52nd	120,381	27,092,908
Retail sales	$14,354	55th	$20,538,829	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$2,509	54th	$11,340	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$863	53rd	$2,553,258	$613,795,732