Chesapeake, West Virginia - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	1,899
Male Share of the Population	47.1%
Female Share of the Population	52.9%
Senior Citizens	22.7%
Employed Population 16+	638
Age of the Population	44

Families

% of people married	45.6%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	3.6%
Median Earnings25+	$26,938
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$20,083
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$21,685

Wealth

Median Family Income	$49,444
% Above Poverty Level	75.5%
% Below Poverty Level	24.5%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	24 minutes
% Working from Home	0.8%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0%
% Using Public Transportation	3.8%

Housing

People Living Alone	30%
Median Gross Rent	$690
Median House Value	$63,900

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	28%
English	15.1%
Irish	13.3%
German	10.2%
Italian	1.9%
Scottish	1.4%
Dutch	1.2%
Polish	1.1%
West Indian	0.5%
Turkish	0.3%
Greek	0.2%
Serbian	0.2%
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Chesapeake Almanac

Category	Value
County	Kanawha County
Standard Zip Codes	25315
Phone Area Codes	304
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	38.22
Approximate Longitude	-81.56

Chesapeake Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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