16,240
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$42,972
26.8%
America/New_York
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Beckley, WV - History
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Welcome to the Beckley Home page. The Beckley Home page provides as much information as possible on Beckley. Knowing Beckley’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Beckley’s Home page, you will also find Beckley’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Beckley has a population of 16240. 48.9% of Beckley’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.1 are female. 43.7% of Beckley is married and 61.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $111,803, and the average rent is $806. Household median income in Beckley is $42,972, and the individual median income is $24,094. Beckley’s Ethnic is the following: White(75.2%), Black(16.4%), Multiple(4.7%), Asian(3.1%), Hispanic(2.1%), Other(0.5%), Native(0.1%).
Beckley is a city in and the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 17,286 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Beckley metropolitan area of Southern West Virginia, home to 115,079 residents in 2020. Beckley was founded on April 4, 1838, and was long known for its ties to the coal mining industry.
It is the home of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology, as well as campuses of Concord University and the University of Charleston.
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