Marshall County, WV has a population of 32,296 people with a median age of 44.5 and a median household income of $44,464. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Marshall County, WV declined from 32,480 to 32,296, a 0.57% decrease and its median household income declined from $45,182 to $44,464, a 1.59% decrease.
The population of Marshall County, WV is 96.9% White, 0.97% Black, and 0.94% Hispanic. 1.77% of the people in Marshall County, WV speak a non-English language, and 99% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Marshall County, WV are B M Spurr School of Practical Nursing, with 12 graduates, N/A, with N/A graduates, and N/A, with N/A graduates.
The median property value in Marshall County, WV is $98,100, and the homeownership rate is 76.4%. Most people in Marshall County, WV commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 23.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Marshall County, WV is 2 cars per household.
Marshall County, WV is the 18th most populated county in West Virginia and borders Belmont County, OH; Monroe County, OH; Greene County, PA; Washington County, PA; Ohio County, WV; and Wetzel County, WV& 1 more.
The economy of Marshall County, WV employs 13,441 people. The economy of Marshall County, WV is specialized in Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction; Utilities; and Construction, which employ respectively 10.72; 2.6; and 1.36 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Marshall County, WV are Healthcare & Social Assistance (2,359), Retail trade (1,933), and Construction (1,139), and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($69,107), Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction ($67,431), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting ($40,357).
Median household income in Marshall County, WV is $44,464. Males in Marshall County, WV have an average income that is 1.38 times higher than the average income of females, which is $36,200. The income inequality of Marshall County, WV (measured using the Gini index) is 0.472 which is lower than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Marshall County, WV. In Marshall County, WV the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 55-64 and 55-64, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 40 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $9,957. McDowell County, WV has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in West Virginia.
Marshall County, WV is home to a population of 32,296 people, from which 99% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Marshall County, WV is composed of 31,283 White residents (96.9%), 312 Black residents (0.97%), 304 Hispanic residents (0.94%), 142 Two+ residents (0.44%), and 131 Native residents (0.41%). The most common foreign languages in Marshall County, WV are Spanish (294 speakers), German (48 speakers), and Polish (35 speakers), but compared to other places, Marshall County, WV has a relative high number of Thai (14 speakers), Serbo-Croatian (23 speakers), and Polish (35 speakers).
In 2015 universities in Marshall County, WV awarded 12 degrees. The student population of Marshall County, WV is skewed towards females, with 2 male students and 10 female students. Most students in Marshall County, WV are White (12 and 100%), followed by Two or more races (0 and N/A), American Indian (0 and N/A), and Hispanic or Latino (0 and N/A). The largest universities in Marshall County, WV by number of graduates are B M Spurr School of Practical Nursing (12 and 100%), N/A (N/A and N/A), and N/A (N/A and N/A). The most popular majors in Marshall County, WV are Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training (12 and 100%), N/A (N/A and N/A), and N/A (N/A and N/A). The median tuition costs in Marshall County, WV are N/A for private four year colleges, and N/A and N/A respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Marshall County, WV is $98,100, which is 0.48 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value increased from $94,600 to $98,100, a 3.7% increase. The homeownership rate of Marshall County, WV is 76.4%, which is higher than the national average of 63.6%. People in Marshall County, WV have an average commute time of 23.1 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Marshall County, WV is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.