Demographics
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Sources: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census 2000
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Ohio Valley Industrial & Business Development Corporation, Metro
Wheeling, West Virginia, Business and Industry Factbook, 1999
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Population Profile
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Ohio County |
Marshall County |
Wetzel County |
Belmont County, OH |
| Total Population |
47,247 |
35,519 |
17,693 |
70,226 |
| Male |
22,177 |
17,288 |
8,586 |
34,474 |
| Female |
25,250 |
18,231 |
9,107 |
35,752 |
| Age |
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| Under 5 Years |
2,449 |
2,232 |
1,007 |
3,531 |
| 5 to 9 years |
2,769 |
2,321 |
1,146 |
4,123 |
| 10 to 14 Years |
3,009 |
2,417 |
1,249 |
4,647 |
| 15 to 19 Years |
3,519 |
2,270 |
1,219 |
4,625 |
| 20 to 24 Years |
3,319 |
1,805 |
781 |
3,776 |
| 25 to 34 Years |
5,114 |
4,280 |
2,051 |
8,382 |
| 35 to 44 Years |
6,787 |
5,357 |
2,632 |
10,890 |
| 45 to 54 Years |
7,003 |
5,696 |
2,630 |
10,528 |
| 55 to 59 Years |
2,377 |
1,960 |
1,106 |
3,588 |
| 60 to 64 Years |
2,181 |
1,718 |
1,011 |
3,378 |
| 65 to 84 Years |
7,792 |
5,193 |
2,499 |
11,255 |
| 85 and over |
1,108 |
602 |
362 |
1,503 |
| Median Age |
40.6 |
40.4 |
40.4 |
40.9 |
| Over 18 Years |
37,331 |
27,407 |
13,489 |
54,492 |
| % of Population |
78.7 |
77.2 |
79.4 |
78.2 |
| 65 Years and over |
8,900 |
5,795 |
2,861 |
12,758 |
| % of Population |
18.8 |
16.3 |
21.6 |
18.2 |
| Households by Type |
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| Total Households |
19,733 |
14,207 |
7,164 |
28,309 |
| Family Households |
12,147 |
10,108 |
5,080 |
19,263 |
| Married-couple Families |
9,325 |
8,064 |
4,134 |
15,038 |
| % of Total Households |
47.3 |
56.8 |
57.7 |
53.1 |
| Other family, male householder |
621 |
510 |
281 |
1,060 |
| Other family, female householder |
2,201 |
1,534 |
665 |
3,165 |
| Nonfamily households |
7,586 |
4,099 |
2,084 |
9,046 |
| % of Total households |
38.4 |
28.9 |
43.1 |
32.0 |
| Householder living alone |
6,651 |
3,632 |
1,841 |
8,126 |
| Householder 65 Years and over |
3,156 |
1,827 |
914 |
4,287 |
| Persons living in households |
44,757 |
34,662 |
17,523 |
67,078 |
| Average persons per household |
2.35 |
2.44 |
2.45 |
2.37 |
| Group Quarters |
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| Persons living in group quarters |
2,670 |
857 |
170 |
3,148 |
| Institutionalized Persons |
584 |
581 |
118 |
3,038 |
| Other person-group quarters |
2,086 |
276 |
52 |
110 |
| Race and Hispanic Origin |
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| White |
44,820 |
34,949 |
17,502 |
66,698 |
| Black |
1,691 |
153 |
15 |
2,553 |
| % of Total Population |
3.6 |
0.4 |
5.0 |
3.6 |
| American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut |
42 |
38 |
17 |
97 |
| % of Total Population |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| Asian |
369 |
90 |
57 |
213 |
| % of Total Population |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander |
14 |
9 |
4 |
13 |
| % of Total Population |
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- |
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| Other Race |
61 |
41 |
5 |
109 |
| Hispanic Origin(of any race) |
238 |
228 |
74 |
274 |
| % of Total Population |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
| Median Family Income |
$31,941 |
$29,284 |
$29,719 |
$27,061 |
MARSHALL COUNTY
***1,836,908 people live within
a 50-mile radius
Municipalities
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Population |
Moundsville
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9,998 |
McMechen
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2,130 |
Benwood
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1,585 |
Glen Dale
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1,552 |
Cameron
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1,777 |
Location
Sources: Ohio Valley Industrial & Business
Development Corporation, MetroWheeling,West Virginia, Business and Industry
Factbook, 1999
Marshall County Department of Highways, Estimated Traffic
Count, 2002
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Marshall County is within a 500-mile radius of :
- Nearly 67% of the nation's population.
- 60% of the manufacturing employment.
- 48% of the effective buying power.
- Interstate 70 passes through Wheeling and is the major east-west
connector for direct access to north-south Interstates 79 and 77.
- The Economic viability of the region is within the sphere-of-influence
of Pittsburgh, Columbus and Cleveland.
- The industrial heartland extending along Interstate 70 to the east and
west and north and south along the Ohio River represents links to the
national economy.
- Marshall County's primary local market area, the Wheeling Metropolitan
Statistical Area, also incorporates Ohio County in West Virginia and Belmont
County in Ohio. The full local market area extends beyond the three counties
to include the area within a 30-mile radius of Wheeling. There are 437,602
people within the local market area.
- The area offers a unique location to reach Chicago and Midwestern
industrial belt, the northeast megalopolis and the cities of New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, as well as major southern markets.
Within a 500-mile radius, can be found all or part of 24 states and half of
the national retail market.
DISTANCES TO MAJOR CITIES
| Pittsburgh |
57 mi |
Washington |
300 mi |
Toronto |
400 mi |
| Columbus |
123 mi |
Indianapolis |
315 mi |
Richmond |
405 mi |
| Cleveland |
177 mi |
Lexington |
320 mi |
New York |
425 mi |
| Charleston |
179 mi |
Detroit |
330 mi |
Charlotte |
450 mi |
| Cincinnati |
240 mi |
Rochester |
330 mi |
Chicago |
460 mi |
| Toledo |
270 mi |
Lousiville |
340 mi |
Norfolk |
490 mi |
| Buffalo |
290 mi |
Philadelphia |
350 mi |
Nashville |
525 mi |
| Baltimore |
300 mi |
Roanoke |
370 mi |
Montreal |
710 mi |
BRING YOUR BUSINESS TO MARSHALL COUNTY
- Located within a 500-mile radius of nearly 67% of the nation's
population, and 48% of the effective buying power.
- Part of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area. This local
market area contains 437,600 people.
- Nearby, Interstate 70 serves as the major east-west connector for
direct access to north-south Interstates 79 and 77.
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