Nicholas County, West Virginia (WV)

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• • 23,50595.5%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8913.6%Two or more races
  • 600.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 580.2%Asian alone
  • 530.2%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 340.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $137,791

Here:	$137,791
State:	$189,862

Townhouses or other attached units: $102,172

Here:	$102,172
State:	$179,852

In 2-unit structures: $100,395

Here:	$100,395
State:	$98,791

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $24,943

Here:	$24,943
State:	$160,357

Mobile homes: $64,225

Here:	$64,225
State:	$73,493

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 150
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 4
• Auto thefts: 0

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 169
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 10
• Auto thefts: 0

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: $647 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $422 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Nicholas County is $414 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $459 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $584 a month.

Cities in this county include: Summersville, Richwood, Craigsville, Nettie, Dixie, Fenwick, Birch River, Tioga, Belva.

Neighboring counties: Benton County, Missouri , Caroline County, Virginia , Gibson County, Indiana , Jefferson County, Indiana , Martin County, Indiana .

Current college students: 797
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 218 (28.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1392010 or later
• 222000 to 2009
• 01990 to 1999
• 491980 to 1989
• 281970 to 1979
• 42Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 28.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 75.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 9,139
• One, attached: 44
• Two: 48
• 3 or 4: 169
• 5 to 9: 267
• 10 to 19: 18
• 20 to 49: 31
• 50 or more: 158
• Mobile homes: 2,601

Housing units in Nicholas County with a mortgage: 3,213 (237 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 213 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 113

Religion statistics for Nicholas County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Nicholas 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 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 Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 29, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4093: November 27, 2012, FEMA Id: 4093, 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 Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: December 18, 2009 to December 20, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1881: March 02, 2010, FEMA Id: 1881, 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
• West Virginia Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides, Incident Period: May 27, 2004 to June 28, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1522: June 07, 2004, FEMA Id: 1522, Natural disaster type: Storm, Landslide, Flood
• 13 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.96% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($37,941 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.23% relocated from other counties in West Virginia ($23,615 average AGI)
1.73% relocated from other states ($14,327 average AGI)

Nicholas County:	1.73%
West Virginia average:	3.02%

from Fayette County, WV	0.63% ($43,904 average AGI)
from Webster County, WV	0.50% ($31,537)
from Kanawha County, WV	0.35% ($28,345)
from Braxton County, WV	0.30% ($35,640)

4.49% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($35,438 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.02% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($22,530 average AGI)
1.47% relocated to other states ($12,908 average AGI)

Nicholas County:	1.47%
West Virginia average:	2.93%

to Fayette County, WV	0.66% ($38,352 average AGI)
to Webster County, WV	0.38% ($33,097)
to Raleigh County, WV	0.24% ($34,400)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 13.1

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Nicholas County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 4,275 (1,075 living alone), Female householders: 5,572 (1,635 living alone)

• 5,376 spouses (5,315 opposite-sex spouses), 496 unmarried partners, (496 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,979 children (6,249 natural, 116 adopted, 609 stepchildren), 607 grandchildren, 156 brothers or sisters, 201 parents, 0 foster children, 217 other relatives, 509 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 149

Size of family households: 3,691 2-persons, 1,479 3-persons, 906 4-persons, 455 5-persons, 245 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,711 1-person, 299 2-persons, 35 3-persons.

2,728 married couples with children.
1,518 single-parent households (428 men, 1,090 women).

99.4% of residents of Nicholas speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $190,442,000 ($7,248 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $14,111,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $89,931,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $37,120,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,508,000
Federal grants: $41,569,000
Federal procurement contracts: $11,815,000 ($9,585,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $7,500,000 ($2,063,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $892,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,741,000
Federal Government insurance: $20,039,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.53 millions of gallons per day (0% from ground, 100% from surface)

• Year house built in Nicholas County, West Virginia
• 492020 or later
• 4932010 to 2019
• 1,3582000 to 2009
• 1,9781990 to 1999
• 1,6721980 to 1989
• 2,4301970 to 1979
• 1,2941960 to 1969
• 1,0751950 to 1959
• 6671940 to 1949
• 1,3131939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Nicholas County, West Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Nicholas County, West Virginia
• 141 room
• 02 rooms
• 783 rooms
• 5014 rooms
• 1,4475 rooms
• 2,3216 rooms
• 1,4067 rooms
• 1,2278 rooms
• 1,0549+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Nicholas County, West Virginia
• 391 room
• 102 rooms
• 3323 rooms
• 3754 rooms
• 3975 rooms
• 2836 rooms
• 1737 rooms
• 678 rooms
• 969+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Nicholas County, West Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Nicholas County, West Virginia
• 16no bedroom
• 181 bedroom
• 1,5172 bedrooms
• 4,8053 bedrooms
• 1,4404 bedrooms
• 2985+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Nicholas County, West Virginia
• 40no bedroom
• 4291 bedroom
• 5762 bedrooms
• 6023 bedrooms
• 974 bedrooms
• 445+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Nicholas County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 350no vehicle
• 1,9991 vehicle
• 3,3442 vehicles
• 1,8443 vehicles
• 3874 vehicles
• 1565+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Nicholas County in renter-occupied apartments
• 278no vehicle
• 9861 vehicle
• 3612 vehicles
• 1683 vehicles
• 04 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

93.4% of Nicholas County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in West Virginia.

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

• This state: 20,351
• Other state: 3,648
• Northeast: 533
• Midwest: 1,515
• South: 1,281
• West: 254

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,283
• Number of aged recipients: 72
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,211
• Number of recipients under 18: 100
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 962
• Number of recipients older than 64: 221
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 398
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 582

Nicholas County on our top lists:

• #40 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #77 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"