Benwood, WV

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Benwood, West Virginia

Benwood, West Virginia, in Marshall county, is 48 miles SW of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The city is part of the Wheeling metropolitan statistical area (MSA). About 1,585 people people live in Benwood.

The People and Families of Benwood

In Benwood, about 45% of adults are married. Single people feel welcome in Benwood, and many people make their homes without family or roommates living with them. Singles, rather than married couples, seem the order of the day in the city.

Kinder? Gentler? Well at least we can say that women form a particularly large portion of the population in Benwood.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Benwood had a median family income of $27,232.

Benwood Housing

Of the houses, apartments, etc. in Benwood, about 59% are lived in by their owners, not renters. The average year in which most residences in the city were built is earlier than in most places. Renting one (or even zero) bedroom apartments is pretty common in Benwood. If you're looking for affordable rentals, the city is one place with an advantage over most places in West Virginia. Benwood isn't one of those high-end cities with high property taxes.

Commuting

In Benwood, 95% of commuters drive to work. One alternative to driving in the city is the public transportation system.

High Points

Benwood strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in West Virginia):

Category	Trophy
Affordability of Property Taxes (vs. Peers)	Top 3%
Affordability of Rents (vs. Peers)	Top 4%
Low Violent Crime (vs. Peers)	Top 7%
Public Transportation Use (vs. Peers)	Top 11%
Low Property Crime (vs. Peers)	Top 16%

Comparative Profile of Benwood, WV

Comparing Benwood to similar size places nationwide (Peers) and to other places in West Virginia (State):

Ratings range from (lowest) to (highest).

The People

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Female Share of the Population
Senior Citizens
Age of the Population
Children Under 5 Years Old
Racial Diversity
Well-Paid Single Men
Male Share of the Population

Families

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Average Household Size
Portion of People Married

Wealth

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
People Above Poverty
People in Middle Class or Better
College Educated Adults
Median Family Income

Commute & Sprawl

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Public Transportation Use
Short Commute Times
Walking and Biking to Work
Working at Home

Housing

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Affordability of Property Taxes
Affordability of Rents
Studio & One-Bedroom Rentals
People Living Alone
Seasonal and Vacation Housing
Housing Recently Built

Crime

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Low Violent Crime
Low Property Crime

Category	Value
Nearest Large City	48 miles SW of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
County	Marshall
Metro Area	Wheeling
Standard Zip Codes	26031
Phone Area Codes	304
Time Zone	Eastern (-5 hours from GMT)
Daylight Savings	The city observes Daylight Saving Time.
Latitude	40.018
Longitude	-80.733

Station	WHEELING
Distance	2.2 miles
Jan Temp	21 to 38 F
Apr Temp	39 to 63 F
Jul Temp	64 to 85 F
Oct Temp	44 to 66 F
Annual Precip	40.3 inches

Station	PIKE ISLAND LOCK AND DAM
Distance	9.3 miles
Jan Temp	21 to 37 F
Apr Temp	39 to 61 F
Jul Temp	63 to 83 F
Oct Temp	44 to 65 F
Annual Precip	38 inches

Station	BARNESVILLE
Distance	22.2 miles
Jan Temp	18 to 35 F
Apr Temp	37 to 61 F
Jul Temp	61 to 82 F
Oct Temp	40 to 63 F
Annual Precip	43.7 inches

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	1,585	100%
Male	712	44.9%
Female	873	55.1%
Under 18	349	22%
18+	1,236	78%
65+	333	21%
Median Age	39.6
Average Family Size	2.9
White	1,557	98.2%
African-American	18	1.1%
Asian	1	0.1%
American Indian & Alaskan	1	0.1%
Other	0	0%
Mixed Race	7	0.4%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	3	0.2%
Median Family Income (1999)	$27,232
Population In Poverty	336	21.5%

Category	Value
Est. 2005 Population	1,496
Growth	-89
Growth %	-5.59%

Ancestry	Percent
Irish	18.2%
German	15%
US/American	14.6%
Polish	11.7%
Italian	10.5%
English	8.1%
Hungarian	4%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	3.7%
Croatian	2.5%
Slovak	2.2%
Scotch-Irish	1.6%
Ukrainian	1.5%
Yugoslavian	1.1%
Scottish	1%
Serbian	1%
Russian	0.7%
Greek	0.7%
Celtic	0.5%
Lebanese	0.4%
Czechoslovakian	0.3%
Swedish	0.3%
Dutch	0.3%

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