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Population (year 2000): 2,204
Males: 1,054  (47.8%)
Females: 1,150  (52.2%)

Nicholas County

Median resident age:  39.3 years
West Virginia median age:  38.9 years

Zip codes: 26205.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $26,100 (it was $24,631 in 2000)
Craigsville  $26,100
West Virginia:  $33,452

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $70,300 (it was $63,200 in 2000)
Craigsville  $70,300
West Virginia:  $84,400

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Races in Craigsville:

  • White Non-Hispanic (99.1%)

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Ancestries: United States (22.5%), German (13.7%), Irish (12.9%), English (8.2%), Dutch (2.5%), Italian (1.2%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 2312 feet

Land area: 6.05 square miles.

Population density: 364 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Craigsville

  • High school or higher: 69.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.5%
  • Unemployed: 5.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 25.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Craigsville CDP

  • Never married: 14.7%
  • Now married: 68.3%
  • Separated: 0.3%
  • Widowed: 7.2%
  • Divorced: 9.5%

7 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.3%
West Virginia:  1.1%



According to our research there were 9 registered sex offenders living in Craigsville, West Virginia in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Craigsville to the number of sex offenders is 245 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Craigsville:  0.4% ($278)
West Virginia:  0.5% ($378)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Charleston, WV (68.1 miles , pop. 53,421).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Pittsburgh, PA (152.8 miles , pop. 334,563).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (394.9 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Camden-on-Gauley, WV (4.0 miles) , Cowen, WV (8.0 miles ), Richwood, WV (10.5 miles ), Summersville, WV (14.3 miles ), Addison (Webster Springs), WV (18.8 miles ), Quinwood, WV (19.5 miles ), Sutton, WV (23.4 miles ), Gassaway, WV (24.9 miles ).

Latitude: 38.33 N, Longitude: 80.64 W


Area code: 304

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Most common industries for males:



  • Mining (13%)
  • Wood products (13%)
  • Health care (13%)
  • Construction (10%)
  • Truck transportation (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Repair and maintenance (7%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (19%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Finance and insurance (11%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Personal and laundry services (5%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
  • Extraction workers (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Cashiers (13%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (7%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Craigsville:
  • RICHWOOD AREA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; RICHWOOD, WV)
  • SUMMERSVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; SUMMERSVILLE, WV)
  • WEBSTER COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; WEBSTER SPRINGS, WV)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Craigsville:
  • GREENBRIER VALLEY (about 38 miles; LEWISBURG, WV; ID: LWB)
  • RALEIGH COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 51 miles; BECKLEY, WV; ID: BKW)
  • YEAGER (about 66 miles; CHARLESTON, WV; ID: CRW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Craigsville:
  • RICHWOOD MUNI (about 6 miles; RICHWOOD, WV; ID: 3I4)
  • SUMMERSVILLE (about 18 miles; SUMMERSVILLE, WV; ID: SXL)
  • BRAXTON COUNTY (about 25 miles; SUTTON, WV; ID: 48I)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Craigsville:
  • WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE (about 64 miles; INSTITUTE, WV; Full-time enrollment: 3,688)
  • CONCORD COLLEGE (about 66 miles; ATHENS, WV; FT enrollment: 2,723)
  • VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIV (about 82 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA; FT enrollment: 25,754)
  • NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE (about 83 miles; SALEM, VA; FT enrollment: 2,382)
  • RADFORD UNIVERSITY (about 83 miles; RADFORD, VA; FT enrollment: 8,034)
  • BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE (about 83 miles; BLUEFIELD, WV; FT enrollment: 2,096)
  • NEW RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 85 miles; DUBLIN, VA; FT enrollment: 2,262)
Public elementary/middle schools in Craigsville:
  • CRAIGSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 349; Location: STAR RT 1 BOX 313; Grades: PK - 06)
  • BEAVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 134; Location: HC 59 BOX 27; Grades: PK - 06)
  • NICHOLAS COUNTY CAREER/TECHNICAL CENTER (Students: 1; Location: HC59 BOX 311; Grades: 09 - 09)
Library in Craigsville:
  • CRAIGSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $71,544; Location: HC 59 BOX 314 SCHOOL STREET; 27,324 books; 6 audio materials; 143 video materials; 7 serial subscriptions)

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • Little Beaver Family Clinic located approx 2 miles west of craigsville on Route 55. Offers Primary Care services and urgent care needs. Hours: Monday - Saturday walk ins accepted.

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Churches in Craigsville include: Hinkle Chapel (A), Craigsville Church of God (B), Craigsville Revival Center Pentecostal Church (C), First Baptist Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Russell Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Barn Run (A), Cherry Run (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Cottle Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Craigsville and their reported violations in the past:

CRAIGSVILLE PSD (Address: DRAWER 368, Population served: 4204, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Average - Between JUL-2005 and SEP-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-28-2005), St Formal NOV issued (OCT-28-2005), St Public Notif received (NOV-28-2005), St Compliance achieved (FEB-20-2006)
  • MCL, Average - Between JAN-2005 and MAR-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-28-2005), St Formal NOV issued (OCT-28-2005), St Public Notif received (NOV-28-2005)
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2004 and AUG-10-2004, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (AUG-04-2004), St Compliance achieved (AUG-10-2004)
  • CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-01-2003 and NOV-13-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-30-2003), St Compliance achieved (NOV-13-2003)
  • One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:
This place:  2.4 people
West Virginia:  2.4 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  71.3%
Whole state:  68.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  4.0%
Whole state:  4.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  19.8%
Whole state:  17.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  10.9%
Whole state:  7.6%

Craigsville compared to West Virginia state average:

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  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • House age below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Banks with branches in Craigsville (2007 data):
  • First Community Bank, National Association: Craigsville Branch at Red Oak Plaza, branch established on 1975-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,023.1 mil, Deposits: $1,394.8 mil, headquarters in Bluefield, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 53 total offices, Holding Company: First Community Bancshares, Inc.
  • Branch Banking and Trust Company: Craigsville Branch at 457 Craigsville Road, branch established on 1984-06-07. Info updated 2007-01-23: Bank assets: $117,134.1 mil, Deposits: $83,585.1 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1480 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation



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4.71% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,902 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.71%
West Virginia average:  5.78%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Fayette County, WV  0.53% ($27,022 average AGI)
from Webster County, WV  0.40% ($26,057)
from Kanawha County, WV  0.25% ($30,091)


4.57% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,354 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.57%
West Virginia average:  5.65%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Fayette County, WV  0.54% ($27,723 average AGI)
to Kanawha County, WV  0.39% ($36,147)
to Webster County, WV  0.30% ($29,269)


Strongest AM radio stations in Craigsville:
  • WYKM (1250 AM; 5 kW; RUPERT, WV; Owner: MT. STATE B. CO., INC.)
  • WOAY (860 AM; 10 kW; OAK HILL, WV; Owner: COMMISSIONED COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WCAW (680 AM; 10 kW; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA RADIO CORPORATION OF CHARLESTON)
  • WWVA (1170 AM; 53 kW; WHEELING, WV; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WIWS (1070 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WJLS (560 AM; 5 kW; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WTVN (610 AM; 50 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WWNR (620 AM; 5 kW; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: DYNASTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WSLW (1310 AM; daytime; 5 kW; WHITE SULPHUR SPRING, WV; Owner: QUORUM RADIO PARTNERS OF VIRGINIA, INC.)
  • KDKA (1020 AM; 50 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WFNR (710 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WKNV (890 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FAIRLAWN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Craigsville:
  • WCWV (92.9 FM; SUMMERSVILLE, WV; Owner: R-S BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WDBS (97.1 FM; SUTTON, WV; Owner: SUMMIT MEDIA BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
  • WMLJ (90.5 FM; SUMMERSVILLE, WV; Owner: GRACE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH)
  • WAFD (100.3 FM; WEBSTER SPRINGS, WV; Owner: J & K BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WCIR-FM (103.7 FM; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WMTD-FM (102.3 FM; HINTON, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WVPB (91.7 FM; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
  • WKCJ (103.1 FM; LEWISBURG, WV; Owner: QUORUM RADIO PARTNERS OF VIRGINIA, INC.)
  • WRON-FM (97.7 FM; RONCEVERTE, WV; Owner: RADIO GREENBRIER, INC.)
  • WRLB (95.3 FM; RAINELLE, WV; Owner: FAITH COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INC.)


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