West Liberty, WV

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West Liberty, West Virginia

West Liberty, West Virginia, in Ohio county, is 36 miles SW of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The town is part of the Wheeling metropolitan statistical area (MSA). About 1,220 people people live in West Liberty.

The People and Families of West Liberty

In West Liberty, about 17% of adults are married. Singles, rather than married couples, seem the order of the day in West Liberty.

The town is a good place to find men, since there are so many of them in the town.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, West Liberty had a median family income of $38,125. It turns out that people in West Liberty tend to be educated, and a lot of them are college grads. As it happens, more people than usual in the town are able to work from their homes.

West Liberty Housing

Of the houses, apartments, etc. in West Liberty, about 49% are lived in by their owners, not renters. The average year in which most residences in the town were built is earlier than in most places. Renting one (or even zero) bedroom apartments is pretty common in West Liberty.

Commuting

In West Liberty, 86% of commuters drive to work. The town is designed with driving in mind. It's not a great town for public transportation.

High Points

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

Category	Trophy
Affordability of Property Taxes (vs. Peers)	Top 12%
College Educated Adults (vs. Peers)	Top 18%

Comparative Profile of West Liberty, WV

Comparing West Liberty 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
Male Share of the Population
Racial Diversity
Well-Paid Single Men
Female Share of the Population
Senior Citizens
Children Under 5 Years Old
Age 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
College Educated Adults
Median Family Income
People in Middle Class or Better
People Above Poverty

Commute & Sprawl

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

Housing

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

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Category	Value
Nearest Large City	36 miles SW of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
County	Ohio
Metro Area	Wheeling
P.O. Box Zip Codes	26074
Phone Area Codes	304
Time Zone	Eastern (-5 hours from GMT)
Daylight Savings	The city observes Daylight Saving Time.
Latitude	40.17
Longitude	-80.593

Station	PIKE ISLAND LOCK AND DAM
Distance	5.8 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	WHEELING
Distance	11.1 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	BURGETTSTOWN 2 W
Distance	17 miles
Jan Temp	16 to 36 F
Apr Temp	34 to 61 F
Jul Temp	57 to 82 F
Oct Temp	38 to 63 F
Annual Precip	40.1 inches

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	1,220	100%
Male	619	50.7%
Female	601	49.3%
Under 18	82	6.7%
18+	1,138	93.3%
65+	51	4.2%
Median Age	20.8
Average Family Size	2.93
White	1,179	96.6%
African-American	23	1.9%
Asian	4	0.3%
American Indian & Alaskan	1	0.1%
Other	4	0.3%
Mixed Race	9	0.7%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	9	0.7%

Category	Value
Est. 2005 Population	1,203
Growth	-17
Growth %	-1.39%

Ancestry	Percent
German	28.4%
Irish	15.9%
Italian	15.8%
US/American	11.2%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	6.9%
Scotch-Irish	5.3%
English	3%
Polish	3%
Scottish	1.9%
French (except Basque)	1.5%
Dutch	1.3%
Welsh	0.9%
Croatian	0.8%
Ukrainian	0.8%
Hungarian	0.7%
Norwegian	0.7%
Yugoslavian	0.6%
Russian	0.2%
Greek	0.2%
Swedish	0.2%
Serbian	0.2%
Czech	0.2%

Location	Pop.	Median Family Income (2000)
West Liberty	1,220	$38,125
Beech Bottom	606	$38,281
Bethany	985	$61,250
Valley Grove	405	$30,000
Wellsburg	2,891	$36,750
Wheeling	31,419	$38,708
Windsor Heights	431	$37,794

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