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$43,083
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Oak Hill, WV - History
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Welcome to the Oak Hill Home page. The Oak Hill Home page provides as much information as possible on Oak Hill. Knowing Oak Hill’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Oak Hill’s Home page, you will also find Oak Hill’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Oak Hill has a population of 8249. 46.8% of Oak Hill’s inhabitants are Male, and 53.2 are female. 47.7% of Oak Hill is married and 75.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $106,530, and the average rent is $532. Household median income in Oak Hill is $43,083, and the individual median income is $23,101. Oak Hill’s Ethnic is the following: White(91.1%), Black(6.7%), Multiple(1.9%), Hispanic(0.5%), Pacific(0.3%).
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,589 people, 3,297 households, and 2,123 families living in the city. The population density was 1,570.9 people per square mile (606.7/km2). There were 3,619 housing units at an average density of 749.1 per square mile (289.3/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 93.02% White, 4.80% African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.24% from other races, and 1.19% from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.84% of the population. There were 3,297 households, out of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.1% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% were non-families. 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.80. The age distribution was 20.5% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.9 males.
For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.8 males. The median income for a household in the city was $24,792, and the median income for a family was $33,183. Males had a median income of $27,595 versus $18,760 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,347. About 14.8% of families and 17.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.9% of those under age 18 and 11.9% of those age 65 or over.
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