Jackson County, West Virginia (WV)

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• • 27,65197.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2460.9%Two or more races
  • 2150.8%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1860.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1070.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 950.3%Asian alone
  • 150.05%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $185,550

Here:	$185,550
State:	$165,782

Mobile homes: $70,980

Here:	$70,980
State:	$71,341

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 14
• Burglaries: 21
• Thefts: 20
• Auto thefts: 20

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $920 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $644 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Jackson County is $400 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $485 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $630 a month.

Cities in this county include: Ravenswood, Ripley.

Neighboring counties: Arapahoe County, Colorado , Lewis County , Gasconade County, Missouri , Greene County, Virginia , Rawlins County, Kansas .

Current college students: 867
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 241 (42.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1672010 or later
• 182000 to 2009
• 141990 to 1999
• 251980 to 1989
• 81970 to 1979
• 43Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 27.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 68.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 9,464
• One, attached: 111
• Two: 283
• 3 or 4: 677
• 5 to 9: 332
• 10 to 19: 32
• 20 to 49: 44
• 50 or more: 24
• Mobile homes: 2,464

Housing units in Jackson County with a mortgage: 3,635 (15 second mortgage, 318 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,039

Religion statistics for Jackson County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Jackson County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• West Virginia Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4517-WV: April 3, 2020, FEMA Id: 4517, Natural disaster type: Other
• West Virginia Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: June 22, 2016 to June 29, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4273: June 25, 2016, FEMA Id: 4273, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• West Virginia Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: July 10, 2015 to July 14, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4236: August 07, 2015, FEMA Id: 4236, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood, Wind
• West Virginia Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: April 13, 2015 to April 15, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4221: May 21, 2015, FEMA Id: 4221, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• West Virginia Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: April 08, 2015 to April 11, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4220: May 18, 2015, FEMA Id: 4220, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• West Virginia Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, Incident Period: March 03, 2015 to March 15, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4210: March 31, 2015, FEMA Id: 4210, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• West Virginia Chemical Spill, Incident Period: January 09, 2014 to January 20, 2014, Emergency Declared EM-3366: January 10, 2014, FEMA Id: 3366, Natural disaster type: Other
• West Virginia Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 29, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3358: October 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 3358, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• West Virginia Severe Storms, Incident Period: June 29, 2012 to July 10, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3345: June 30, 2012, FEMA Id: 3345, Natural disaster type: Storm
• West Virginia Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds, Incident Period: June 29, 2012 to July 08, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4071: July 23, 2012, FEMA Id: 4071, Natural disaster type: Storm, Wind
• 13 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.20% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($38,811 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.90% relocated from other counties in West Virginia ($27,037 average AGI)
1.30% relocated from other states ($11,774 average AGI)

Jackson County:	1.30%
West Virginia average:	2.49%

from Kanawha County, WV	1.05% ($46,532 average AGI)
from Wood County, WV	0.43% ($31,295)
from Roane County, WV	0.36% ($34,541)
from Mason County, WV	0.30% ($46,806)

4.07% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($38,190 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.63% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($23,317 average AGI)
1.43% relocated to other states ($14,874 average AGI)

Jackson County:	1.43%
West Virginia average:	3.00%

to Kanawha County, WV	0.82% ($32,224 average AGI)
to Wood County, WV	0.46% ($37,250)
to Mason County, WV	0.32% ($30,818)
to Roane County, WV	0.21% ($32,364)
to Putnam County, WV	0.19% ($50,500)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 11.9

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Jackson County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 5%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 5,465 (1,299 living alone), Female householders: 5,796 (1,912 living alone)

• 6,155 spouses (6,123 opposite-sex spouses), 472 unmarried partners, (439 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 7,922 children (6,770 natural, 761 adopted, 467 stepchildren), 875 grandchildren, 254 brothers or sisters, 306 parents, 56 foster children, 418 other relatives, 549 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 175

Size of family households: 3,942 2-persons, 1,330 3-persons, 1,444 4-persons, 719 5-persons, 94 6-persons, 209 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,211 1-person, 231 2-persons, 68 3-persons.

4,037 married couples with children.
1,001 single-parent households (303 men, 698 women).

98.8% of residents of Jackson speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $162,060,000 ($5,691 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $3,640,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $84,770,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $32,844,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $714,000
Federal grants: $34,790,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,853,000 ($47,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $6,089,000 ($1,231,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $454,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,952,000
Federal Government insurance: $24,944,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.63 millions of gallons per day (51% from ground, 49% from surface)

• Year house built in Jackson County, West Virginia
• 2032014 or later
• 1502010 to 2013
• 1,7262000 to 2009
• 2,2601990 to 1999
• 1,9051980 to 1989
• 2,6561970 to 1979
• 1,2811960 to 1969
• 1,4971950 to 1959
• 3111940 to 1949
• 1,2531939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Jackson County, West Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Jackson County, West Virginia
• 01 room
• 992 rooms
• 403 rooms
• 6634 rooms
• 1,6615 rooms
• 2,1276 rooms
• 1,4237 rooms
• 1,1608 rooms
• 1,5359+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jackson County, West Virginia
• 851 room
• 272 rooms
• 5883 rooms
• 6484 rooms
• 5175 rooms
• 4876 rooms
• 607 rooms
• 968 rooms
• 1359+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Jackson County, West Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Jackson County, West Virginia
• 11no bedroom
• 1391 bedroom
• 1,1752 bedrooms
• 5,1333 bedrooms
• 1,8504 bedrooms
• 3555+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jackson County, West Virginia
• 87no bedroom
• 4331 bedroom
• 1,0042 bedrooms
• 8743 bedrooms
• 1354 bedrooms
• 575+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Jackson County, West Virginia in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Jackson County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 367no vehicle
• 1,7981 vehicle
• 3,8142 vehicles
• 1,4193 vehicles
• 8154 vehicles
• 5195+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Jackson County in renter-occupied apartments
• 574no vehicle
• 1,0711 vehicle
• 6102 vehicles
• 2653 vehicles
• 1104 vehicles
• 35+ vehicles

92.0% of Jackson County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in West Virginia.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 23,108
• Other state: 4,929
• Northeast: 861
• Midwest: 2,072
• South: 1,679
• West: 290

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,170
• Number of aged recipients: 78
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,092
• Number of recipients under 18: 131
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 821
• Number of recipients older than 64: 218
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 403
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 537