Preston County, West Virginia (WV)

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• • 29,73887.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,0276.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 9942.9%Two or more races
  • 8312.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1120.3%Asian alone
  • 1060.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 200.06%Some other race alone
  • 20.01%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

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

• Murders: 3
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 2
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 41
• Auto thefts: 14

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 5
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 107
• Auto thefts: 12

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $877 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $559 (0.5%)

Area name: Morgantown, WV MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Preston County is $433 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $512 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $664 a month.

Cities in this county include: Kingwood, Terra Alta, Masontown, Rowlesburg, Reedsville, Newburg, Tunnelton, Albright, Aurora, Brandonville.

Neighboring counties: Baltimore County, Maryland , Chester County, Pennsylvania , Hardy County , Monongalia County , Highland County, Ohio , Baltimore city, Maryland .

Current college students: 691
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 577 (27.4% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1972010 or later
• 852000 to 2009
• 1281990 to 1999
• 461980 to 1989
• 101970 to 1979
• 80Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 85.0%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 11,038
• One, attached: 118
• Two: 243
• 3 or 4: 247
• 5 to 9: 514
• 10 to 19: 11
• 20 to 49: 116
• 50 or more: 53
• Mobile homes: 2,740
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 72

Housing units in Preston County with a mortgage: 4,774 (308 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 266 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 185

Religion statistics for Preston County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Preston 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 29, 2019 - June 30, 2019, FEMA Id: 4455, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• 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 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 Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides, Incident Period: February 29, 2012 to March 05, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4059: March 16, 2012, FEMA Id: 4059, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• 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
• 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.60% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($47,083 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.82% relocated from other counties in West Virginia ($24,527 average AGI)
2.78% relocated from other states ($22,555 average AGI)

Preston County:	2.78%
West Virginia average:	3.02%

from Monongalia County, WV	1.73% ($52,124 average AGI)
from Garrett County, MD	0.34% ($39,220)
from Taylor County, WV	0.22% ($53,778)
from Marion County, WV	0.21% ($43,200)

4.42% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($47,595 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.49% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($22,345 average AGI)
1.93% relocated to other states ($25,250 average AGI)

Preston County:	1.93%
West Virginia average:	2.93%

to Monongalia County, WV	1.31% ($37,210 average AGI)
to Marion County, WV	0.36% ($43,744)
to Garrett County, MD	0.27% ($37,375)
to Polk County, IA	0.22% ($0)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 11.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 13.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 10.3

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Preston 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: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 6,000 (1,388 living alone), Female householders: 6,988 (1,650 living alone)

• 7,039 spouses (7,003 opposite-sex spouses), 1,063 unmarried partners, (1,020 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 7,507 children (6,895 natural, 103 adopted, 467 stepchildren), 748 grandchildren, 182 brothers or sisters, 182 parents, 100 foster children, 329 other relatives, 394 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,508

Size of family households: 4,602 2-persons, 2,004 3-persons, 1,389 4-persons, 696 5-persons, 209 6-persons, 91 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,039 1-person, 856 2-persons, 48 3-persons, 25 4-persons, 4 5-persons.

3,965 married couples with children.
1,371 single-parent households (288 men, 1,083 women).

97.9% of residents of Preston speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (29% speak English very well, 63% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (10% speak English very well, 90% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $186,186,000 ($6,236 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $14,110,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $88,892,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $37,049,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $168,000
Federal grants: $39,140,000
Federal procurement contracts: $3,743,000 ($477,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $17,194,000 ($9,881,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,121,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,024,000
Federal Government insurance: $11,676,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.42 millions of gallons per day (34% from ground, 66% from surface)

• Year house built in Preston County, West Virginia
• 582020 or later
• 1,5352010 to 2019
• 2,6572000 to 2009
• 2,0551990 to 1999
• 2,1001980 to 1989
• 2,4861970 to 1979
• 8021960 to 1969
• 7411950 to 1959
• 5641940 to 1949
• 2,3121939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Preston County, West Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Preston County, West Virginia
• 121 room
• 882 rooms
• 2743 rooms
• 1,0514 rooms
• 2,0475 rooms
• 2,3356 rooms
• 2,1387 rooms
• 9868 rooms
• 1,6189+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Preston County, West Virginia
• 171 room
• 942 rooms
• 2043 rooms
• 5284 rooms
• 7925 rooms
• 3546 rooms
• 2097 rooms
• 868 rooms
• 2279+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Preston County, West Virginia

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Preston County, West Virginia
• 29no bedroom
• 2501 bedroom
• 2,3182 bedrooms
• 6,0693 bedrooms
• 1,5104 bedrooms
• 3105+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Preston County, West Virginia
• 17no bedroom
• 3941 bedroom
• 7282 bedrooms
• 1,2273 bedrooms
• 1114 bedrooms
• 395+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Preston County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 311no vehicle
• 2,5461 vehicle
• 4,7942 vehicles
• 2,0853 vehicles
• 5624 vehicles
• 2205+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Preston County in renter-occupied apartments
• 497no vehicle
• 1,0571 vehicle
• 6762 vehicles
• 2063 vehicles
• 324 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

89.9% of Preston County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% 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: 21,912
• Other state: 11,197
• Northeast: 2,325
• Midwest: 2,125
• South: 6,316
• West: 433

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,295
• Number of aged recipients: 83
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,212
• Number of recipients under 18: 180
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 888
• Number of recipients older than 64: 227
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 381
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 584