Marshall County, West Virginia (WV)

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• • 28,91495.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7262.4%Two or more races
  • 2941.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1600.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1360.4%Some other race alone
  • 730.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 670.2%Asian alone
  • 100.03%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $178,732

Here:	$178,732
State:	$189,862

Townhouses or other attached units: $179,581

Here:	$179,581
State:	$179,852

In 2-unit structures: $112,652

Here:	$112,652
State:	$98,791

Mobile homes: $43,652

Here:	$43,652
State:	$73,493

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 14
• Burglaries: 25
• Thefts: 51
• Auto thefts: 7

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 9
• Burglaries: 18
• Thefts: 38
• Auto thefts: 15

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 2021: $847 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $513 (0.5%)

Area name: Wheeling, WV-OH MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Marshall County is $394 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $632 a month.

Cities in this county include: Moundsville, McMechen, Benwood, Glen Dale, Cameron.

Neighboring counties: Cecil County, Maryland , Wetzel County , Linn County, Missouri , Shelby County, Ohio , Vermillion County, Indiana .

Current college students: 1,228
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 207 (66.9% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 622010 or later
• 202000 to 2009
• 171990 to 1999
• 511980 to 1989
• 651970 to 1979
• 107Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 46.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 12,060
• One, attached: 395
• Two: 297
• 3 or 4: 446
• 5 to 9: 322
• 10 to 19: 40
• 20 to 49: 89
• 50 or more: 72
• Mobile homes: 1,150

Housing units in Marshall County with a mortgage: 4,099 (300 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 269 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 304

Religion statistics for Marshall County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Marshall 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: February 14, 2018 - February 20, 2018, FEMA Id: 4359, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• West Virginia Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: July 28, 2017 - July 29, 2017, FEMA Id: 4331, 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 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
• West Virginia Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms, Incident Period: February 05, 2010 to February 11, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1903: April 23, 2010, FEMA Id: 1903, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• West Virginia Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3221: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3221, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.60% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($41,751 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.21% relocated from other counties in West Virginia ($19,324 average AGI)
2.39% relocated from other states ($22,427 average AGI)

Marshall County:	2.39%
West Virginia average:	3.02%

from Ohio County, WV	1.55% ($44,064 average AGI)
from Belmont County, OH	0.55% ($35,106)

4.81% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($45,289 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.21% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($19,990 average AGI)
2.60% relocated to other states ($25,297 average AGI)

Marshall County:	2.60%
West Virginia average:	2.93%

to Ohio County, WV	1.50% ($44,473 average AGI)
to Belmont County, OH	0.88% ($43,318)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 12.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Marshall County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 5,873 (1,354 living alone), Female householders: 6,114 (2,216 living alone)

• 6,024 spouses (6,003 opposite-sex spouses), 576 unmarried partners, (550 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 8,341 children (7,552 natural, 287 adopted, 495 stepchildren), 880 grandchildren, 257 brothers or sisters, 301 parents, 62 foster children, 539 other relatives, 939 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 500

Size of family households: 4,596 2-persons, 1,313 3-persons, 1,343 4-persons, 454 5-persons, 126 6-persons, 95 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,573 1-person, 445 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 11 5-persons.

3,178 married couples with children.
1,584 single-parent households (478 men, 1,106 women).

98.4% of residents of Marshall speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (92% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (97% speak English very well, 3% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $182,408,000 ($5,253 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,086,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $91,131,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $46,017,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $545,000
Federal grants: $35,540,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,157,000 ($60,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,018,000 ($3,750,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $435,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $4,077,000
Federal Government insurance: $22,637,000

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

Here:	-26 per 1000 residents
State:	+6 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.22 millions of gallons per day (95% from ground, 5% from surface)

• Year house built in Marshall County, West Virginia
• 202020 or later
• 7352010 to 2019
• 7562000 to 2009
• 1,0691990 to 1999
• 1,1261980 to 1989
• 2,3061970 to 1979
• 1,3111960 to 1969
• 2,1381950 to 1959
• 1,1011940 to 1949
• 4,1841939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Marshall County, West Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Marshall County, West Virginia
• 01 room
• 252 rooms
• 1593 rooms
• 6454 rooms
• 1,8245 rooms
• 2,4996 rooms
• 2,1537 rooms
• 1,1328 rooms
• 1,2829+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Marshall County, West Virginia
• 601 room
• 802 rooms
• 2273 rooms
• 5564 rooms
• 4935 rooms
• 4256 rooms
• 847 rooms
• 2488 rooms
• 979+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Marshall County, West Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Marshall County, West Virginia
• 2no bedroom
• 2871 bedroom
• 2,1732 bedrooms
• 5,5843 bedrooms
• 1,5194 bedrooms
• 1615+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Marshall County, West Virginia
• 114no bedroom
• 5391 bedroom
• 8562 bedrooms
• 7033 bedrooms
• 504 bedrooms
• 135+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Marshall County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 277no vehicle
• 3,6151 vehicle
• 3,4952 vehicles
• 1,8253 vehicles
• 4704 vehicles
• 1175+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Marshall County in renter-occupied apartments
• 470no vehicle
• 1,0521 vehicle
• 6312 vehicles
• 1013 vehicles
• 14 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

90.4% of Marshall County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in West Virginia.

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

• This state: 24,124
• Other state: 5,867
• Northeast: 1,477
• Midwest: 2,266
• South: 1,599
• West: 442

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 986
• Number of aged recipients: 54
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 932
• Number of recipients under 18: 125
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 714
• Number of recipients older than 64: 147
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 314
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 447

Marshall County on our top lists:

• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #39 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"