Cheat Lake, WV

Census Place

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2024 Population
10,902
US Senator
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican Party
US Senator
Jim Justice
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
40.6
2.17% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
6.51%
20% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$117,014
5.06% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$367,600
6.4% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
5,955
4.68% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Cheat Lake, WV reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.1% of the residents in Cheat Lake, WV are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Cheat Lake, WV was $367,600, and the homeownership rate was 83.2%.

Most people in Cheat Lake, WV drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 23.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Cheat Lake, WV was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Cheat Lake, WV is home to a population of 10.9k people, from which 99.1% are citizens. As of 2024, 4.38% of Cheat Lake, WV residents were born outside of the country (477 people).

In 2024, there were 31 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (9.68k people) in Cheat Lake, WV than any other race or ethnicity. There were 312 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 280 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.1%
2024 Citizenship
99.1%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.1% of Cheat Lake, WV residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Cheat Lake, WV was 99.1%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Cheat Lake, WV
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    9.68k ± 747
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    312 ± 239
  3. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    280 ± 169
2.75%
Hispanic Population
300 people

In 2024, there were 31 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (9.68k people) in Cheat Lake, WV than any other race or ethnicity. There were 312 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 280 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

2.75% of the people in Cheat Lake, WV are hispanic (300 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Cheat Lake, WV as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for West Virginia.
Most Common Origin
  1. India
    2,277 ± 1,171 people
  2. Mexico
    2,211 ± 1,154 people
  3. Germany
    1,987 ± 1,094 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of West Virginia was India, the natal country of 2,277 West Virginia residents, followed by Mexico with 2,211 and Germany with 1,987.

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Foreign-Born Population

4.38%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
477 people
4.37%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
458 people

As of 2024, 4.38% of Cheat Lake, WV residents (477 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Cheat Lake, WV was 4.37%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    93 ± 71
  2. Vietnam
    85 ± 56
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    31 ± 33

Cheat Lake, WV has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.09 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Cheat Lake, WV employs 5.96k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Cheat Lake, WV were Health Care & Social Assistance (1,332 people), Educational Services (864 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (603 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance ($161,198), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($161,095), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($157,702).

Employment

Occupations

5.96k
2024 Value
± 673
4.68%
1 Year growth
± 15.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Cheat Lake, WV grew at a rate of 4.68%, from 5.69k employees to 5.96k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Cheat Lake, WV, are Health Diagnosing & Treating Practitioners & Other Technical Occupations (1,082 people), Management Occupations (694 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (507 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Cheat Lake, WV.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for West Virginia.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

5.96k
2024 Value
± 673
4.68%
1 Year growth
± 15.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Cheat Lake, WV grew at a rate of 4.68%, from 5.69k employees to 5.96k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Cheat Lake, WV, are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,332 people), Educational Services (864 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (603 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Cheat Lake, WV, though some of these residents may live in Cheat Lake, WV and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$80,141
Median earning men ± $8,629
$72,209
Median earning women ± $5,345

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($161,291), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($94,800), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($94,276).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Wholesale Trade ($91,164), Public Administration ($86,630), and Retail Trade ($82,614).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
0.583%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 690k people employed in West Virginia. This represents a 0.583% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 15%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Cheat Lake, WV was $367,600 in 2024, which is 1.1 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $345,500 to $367,600, a 6.4% increase. The homeownership rate in Cheat Lake, WV is 83.2%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Cheat Lake, WV have an average commute time of 23.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Cheat Lake, WV is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$367,600
Median Property Value 2024
±$24,716
$3,678
Median Property Taxes
±$501

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Cheat Lake, WV the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Cheat Lake, WV compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

83.2%
Homeownership
2024
62.3%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 83.2% of the housing units in Cheat Lake, WV were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 80.2%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$117,014
Median Household Income
± $19,407
4.42k
Number of Households
± 538

In 2024, the median household income of the 4.42k households in Cheat Lake, WV grew to $117,014 from the previous year's value of $111,379.

The following chart displays the households in Cheat Lake, WV distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Cheat Lake, WV is from West Virginia.
0.443
2023 Wage GINI in West Virginia
0.449
2022 Wage GINI in West Virginia

In 2023, the income inequality in West Virginia was 0.443 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.39% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for West Virginia was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in West Virginia in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (78.7%)
  2. Worked At Home (13.8%)
  3. Carpooled (6.24%)

In 2024, 78.7% of workers in Cheat Lake, WV drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (13.8%) and those who carpooled to work (6.24%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

23.8 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Cheat Lake, WV have a shorter commute time (23.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.72% of the workforce in Cheat Lake, WV have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Cheat Lake, WV distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Cheat Lake, WV have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

6.51% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Cheat Lake, WV (710 out of 10.9k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 75+, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Males 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Cheat Lake, WV is White, followed by Two Or More and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

97.1% of the population of Cheat Lake, WV has health coverage, with 58.7% on employee plans, 8% on Medicaid, 14% on Medicare, 16.1% on non-group plans, and 0.285% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in West Virginia see 1,319 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,319 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1705 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 506 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.3% were men and 49.7% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 23.6% under 18 years, 16.1% between 18 and 34 years, 43% between 35 and 64 years, and 17.3% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.3% were men and 49.7% were women.

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Uninsured People

2.88%
Uninsured
58.7%
Employer Coverage
8%
Medicaid
14%
Medicare
16.1%
Non-Group
0.285%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Cheat Lake, WV declined by 11% from 3.24% to 2.88%.

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