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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $288 (0.5%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Doddridge County is $405 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $478 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $576 a month.
Cities in this county include: West Union
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Neighboring
counties: Gilmer County
, Harrison County
, Lewis County
, Ritchie County
, Tyler County
, Wetzel County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Doddridge County: Camp
(A),
West Virginia Industrial Home for Youth Library
(B)
Churches in Doddridge County include: South
Fork Baptist Church
(A),
South Branch Church
(B),
Smithburg United Methodist Church
(C),
Bethel Chapel
(D),
Smith Chapel
(E),
Big Isaac United Methodist Church
(F),
Greenbrier Church
(G),
Black Lick Church
(H),
Blandville United Methodist Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Duckworth
Cemetery
(1),
Morgan Cemetery
(2),
Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(3),
Archbold Cemetery
(4),
Arnold Creek Cemetery
(5),
Toms Fork Cemetery
(6),
Freeman Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Crystal
Lake
(A).
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Anderson
Fork
(A),
Batten Run
(B),
Wilhelm Run
(C),
Beech Lick
(D),
Elklick Run
(E),
Beverlin Fork
(F),
Big Battle Run
(G),
Elkhorn Run
(H),
Big Isaac Creek
(I)
Post offices: Greenwood
Post Office
(A),
Center Point Post Office
(B),
New Milton Post Office
(C),
Blandville Post Office
(D)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
3.6% | | West
Virginia: | 4.0% |
Current college students: 155
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 69.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%
Number of foreign born residents: 43 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Doddridge
County: |
0.6% | | Whole
state: | 1.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 0
- 1990
to 1994: 0
- 1985
to 1989: 0
- 1980
to 1984: 0
- 1975
to 1979: 0
- 1970
to 1974: 5
- 1970
to 1974: 10
- 1965
to 1969: 28
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Mean travel time to work: 38.1 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 31.1%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 2,823
- One,
attached: 36
- Two:
23
- 3
or 4: 9
- 5
to 9: 10
- 10
to 19: 23
- Mobile
homes: 698
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 39
Housing units in Doddridge County with a mortgage: 548 (14 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 486 Agriculture
in Doddridge County
Average size of farms: 208 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $3241
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $35.11
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 75.20%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $5352
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 10.99%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.36%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $14817
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 97.14%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 4.50
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.23%
Corn for grain: 10 harvested acres
Vegetables: 12 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 43 acresDoddridge
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above West Virginia state average. It is 1.0 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one injury recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 10/1/1986, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(17%)
- Educational
services (7%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Metal
and metal products (6%)
- Mining
(6%)
- Broadcasting
and telecommunications (5%)
- Utilities
(4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (15%)
- Educational
services (13%)
- Accommodation
and food services (11%)
- Finance
and insurance (8%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Food
and beverage stores (5%)
- Religious,
grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction
trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (4%)
- Construction
laborers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cooks
and food preparation workers (5%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Yugoslavia
(30%)
- Japan
(23%)
- Korea
(23%)
- Germany
(12%)
- Czechoslovakia
(includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (12%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Doddridge County:
|
- United
States or American (25%)
- Irish
(18%)
- German
(14%)
- English
(14%)
- Dutch
(4%)
- Italian
(3%)
- Scotch-Irish
(3%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 1,914 (75%)
- Carpooled:
442 (17%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 13 (1%)
- Walked:
82 (3%)
- Other
means: 36 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 79 (3%)
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109
people in unknown juvenile institutions
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $34,711.
6.79% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,770 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.79% | | West
Virginia average: |
5.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.33% relocated from other counties in West Virginia ($17,504 average AGI)
2.46% relocated from other states ($11,257 average AGI)
| Doddridge
County: |
2.46% | | West
Virginia average: | 3.05% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Harrison County, WV
|
1.92% ($28,281 average AGI) |
6.96% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,819 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.96% | | West
Virginia average: |
5.65% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.46% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($21,638 average AGI)
1.50% relocated to other states ($5,181 average AGI)
| Doddridge
County: |
1.50% | | West
Virginia average: | 2.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Harrison County, WV
|
2.34% ($26,718 average AGI) |
| to
Ritchie County, WV
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0.84% ($30,857) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.3
Births
per 1000 population in Doddridge County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.2
Deaths
per 1000 population in Doddridge County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 3.6
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Doddridge County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 965 (784 aged, 181 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 7,294
- In
family households: 6,387 (1,734 male householders, 361 female householders)
1,685
spouses, 2,225 children (1,987 natural, 61 adopted, 177 stepchildren), 120 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 90 other relatives, 116 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 907 (366 male householders (274 living alone)), 391 female householders (373 living alone)), 150 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 109 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 896 2-persons, 527 3-persons, 427 4-persons, 184 5-persons, 49 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 647 1-person, 76 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 2 5-persons.
1,248 married couples with children.
361 single-parent households (107 men, 254 women).
97.2% of residents of Doddridge County speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $37,903,000 ($5110 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $891,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $16,558,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $8,010,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,000
Federal grants: $11,109,000
Federal procurement contracts: $215,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,005,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $148,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $584,000
Federal Government insurance: $3,225,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 365
| Here: |
49 per 1000 residents | | State: | 60
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 440
| Here: |
59 per 1000 residents | | State: | 61
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: 0
| Here: |
0 per 1000 residents | | State: | +2
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +159
| Here: |
+21 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+6 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Doddridge County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.12 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
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- 1999
to March 2000: 72
- 1995
to 1998: 201
- 1990
to 1994: 245
- 1980
to 1989: 615
- 1970
to 1979: 673
- 1960
to 1969: 282
- 1950
to 1959: 268
- 1940
to 1949: 219
- 1939
or earlier: 1,086
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Doddridge County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 8
- 2
rooms: 7
- 3
rooms: 46
- 4
rooms: 282
- 5
rooms: 585
- 6
rooms: 527
- 7
rooms: 426
- 8
rooms: 251
- 9
or more rooms: 180
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Doddridge County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 10
- 2
rooms: 12
- 3
rooms: 28
- 4
rooms: 120
- 5
rooms: 142
- 6
rooms: 73
- 7
rooms: 85
- 8
rooms: 32
- 9
or more rooms: 31
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Doddridge County: |
- no
bedroom: 8
- 1
bedroom: 74
- 2
bedrooms: 683
- 3
bedrooms: 1,115
- 4
bedrooms: 359
- 5
or more bedrooms: 73
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Doddridge County: |
- no
bedroom: 10
- 1
bedroom: 61
- 2
bedrooms: 196
- 3
bedrooms: 203
- 4
bedrooms: 46
- 5
or more bedrooms: 17
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Doddridge County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 167
- 1
vehicle: 719
- 2
vehicles: 974
- 3
vehicles: 328
- 4
vehicles: 87
- 5
or more vehicles: 37
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Doddridge County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 72
- 1
vehicle: 271
- 2
vehicles: 146
- 3
vehicles: 38
- 4
vehicles: 6
- 5
or more vehicles: 0
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69% of Doddridge County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in West Virginia.
| Doddridge
County: |
68.9% | | State
average: |
63.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 5945
- Northeast:
369
- Midwest:
499
- South:
414
- West:
119
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 11%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 8%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Utility
gas (78%)
- Electricity
(8%)
- Wood
(6%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Other
fuel (3%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Utility
gas (83%)
- Electricity
(12%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Other
fuel (2%)
- Wood
(1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 31
| Here: |
3.5% | | West
Virginia: | 5.5% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
| Here: |
5.8% | | West
Virginia: |
4.8% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 18
| Here: |
13.8% | | West
Virginia: | 15.4% |
Doddridge
County government finances in 2002:
- Charges
- All Other: $64,000
- Construction
- Central Staff Services: $237,000
- Current
Operations - Health Services - Other: $450,000
Financial Administration: $310,000
Central Staff Services: $175,000
Police Protection: $144,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $141,000
General Public Buildings: $51,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $72,000
Rents: $20,000
Interest Earnings: $15,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $22,000
Financial Administration: $7,000
Judicial: $4,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $414,000
- State
Intergovernmental - General Support: $186,000
Health & Hospitals: $162,000
- Tax
- Property: $851,000
NEC: $1,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $608,000
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