Parsons, West Virginia

Demographics

People

Total Population	1,518
Male Share of the Population	45.5%
Female Share of the Population	54.5%
Senior Citizens	22.9%
Employed Population 16+	592
Age of the Population	42

Families

% of people married	53.5%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	13.7%
Median Earnings25+	$31,080
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$21,528
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$21,905

Wealth

Median Family Income	$46,964
% Above Poverty Level	76.9%
% Below Poverty Level	23.1%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	30 minutes
% Working from Home	3.9%
% Walking and Biking to Work	6.1%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	32.5%
Median Gross Rent	$464
Median House Value	$69,500

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	15.9%
Irish	14.8%
English	6.3%
Welsh	2.7%
Dutch	2.2%
French Except Basque	1.9%
Italian	1.8%
Hungarian	0.7%
African	0.6%
Scottish	0.6%
Austrian	0.5%
Polish	0.4%
German	0.3%
Swiss	0.3%
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Parsons Almanac

Category	Value
County	Tucker County
Standard Zip Codes	26287
Phone Area Codes	304,681
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	39.09
Approximate Longitude	-79.67

Parsons Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

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

Station	PARSONS 1 NE
Distance	0.8 miles
Jan Temp	17 to 38 F
Apr Temp	34 to 62 F
Jul Temp	59 to 82 F
Oct Temp	37 to 64 F
Annual Precip	51.8 inches

Station	BELINGTON
Distance	13.4 miles
Jan Temp	18 to 38 F
Apr Temp	35 to 62 F
Jul Temp	59 to 81 F
Oct Temp	38 to 64 F
Annual Precip	48.6 inches

Station	BAYARD
Distance	20.6 miles
Jan Temp	15 to 35 F
Apr Temp	31 to 59 F
Jul Temp	54 to 80 F
Oct Temp	34 to 62 F
Annual Precip	49.3 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Belington	2,068	$40,592
Davis	676	$61,417
Hambleton	239	$46,250
Hendricks	211	$56,250
Montrose	175	$67,917
Thomas	612	$47,500

Parsons Public Libraries

Five Rivers Public Library
301 WALNUT ST.
Parsons, West Virginia
(304) 478-3880

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Sources :

American Community Survey, 2015, 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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