Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $499 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $295 (0.4%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Harrison County is $396 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $475 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $595 a month.
Cities in this county include: Clarksburg
, Bridgeport
, Shinnston
, Salem
, Stonewood
, Nutter Fort
, Despard
, Enterprise
, Lumberport
, Anmoore
.
2005 air pollution in Harrison County:
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3):
14.9 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3):
34 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Barbour County
, Doddridge County
, Lewis County
, Marion County
, Taylor County
, Upshur County
, Wetzel County
.
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Harrison County: Interstate
(A),
Sunnycroft Golf Course
(B),
Milford Road
(C),
Clarksburg Country Club
(D),
Tenmile Community Center
(E)
Shopping Center: Rose
Bud Plaza Shopping Center
(1).
Churches in Harrison County include: Glen
Falls Baptist Church
(A),
Gnatty Creek Presbyterian Church
(B),
Smith Church
(C),
Bethany Baptist Church
(D),
Smith Chapel
(E),
Bethlehem Church
(F),
Grass Run Church
(G),
Shinns Run Church
(H),
Green Valley Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Odell
Cemetery
(1),
Post Cemetery
(2),
Duck Creek Cemetery
(3),
Morris Cemetery
(4),
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5),
Fortney Cemetery
(6),
Mount Carmel Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs: Salem
Auxillary Lake
(A),
Mine 95 Water Supply Reservoir
(B),
Number 98 Slurry Pond
(C),
Lake Floyd
(D),
City of Salem Reservoir
(E),
Nolan Run Slurry Impoundment
(F),
Buffalo Creek Reservoir
(G)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Rockcamp
Run
(A),
Barnes Run
(B),
Bear Track Run
(C),
Beards Run
(D),
Lick Run
(E),
Elklick Run
(F),
Bennett Run
(G),
Big Elk Creek
(H),
Big Run
(I)
Parks in Harrison County include: Watters
Smith Memorial State Park
(1),
Hinkle-Deegan Park
(2)
Post offices: Gypsy
Post Office
(A),
Haywood Post Office
(B),
Hepzibah Post Office
(C),
Meadowbrook Post Office
(D),
Reynoldsville Post Office
(E),
Spelter Post Office
(F),
Bristol Post Office
(G),
Wolf Summit Post Office
(H),
Wyatt Post Office
(I)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
3.8% | | West
Virginia: | 4.0% |
Current college students: 2,738
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 78.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%
Number of foreign born residents: 947 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Harrison
County: |
1.4% | | Whole
state: |
1.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 317
- 1990
to 1994: 101
- 1985
to 1989: 46
- 1980
to 1984: 122
- 1975
to 1979: 86
- 1970
to 1974: 83
- 1970
to 1974: 23
- 1965
to 1969: 169
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Mean travel time to work: 22.2 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 83.6%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 23,607
- One,
attached: 372
- Two:
909
- 3
or 4: 962
- 5
to 9: 817
- 10
to 19: 390
- 20
or more: 583
- Mobile
homes: 3,462
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Housing units in Harrison County with a mortgage: 8,541 (569 second mortgage, 865 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,890 Agriculture
in Harrison County
Average size of farms: 150 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $6419
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $47.45
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 8.99%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 80.84%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $6975
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 17.26%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.07%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $20646
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 97.24%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 9.00
Vegetables: 13 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 16 acresHarrison
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near West Virginia state average. It is 3.2 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one injury recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/24/1998, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured one person and caused $600,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(12%)
- Public
administration (7%)
- Health
care (6%)
- Educational
services (5%)
- Accommodation
and food services (5%)
- Utilities
(5%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (20%)
- Educational
services (12%)
- Public
administration (10%)
- Accommodation
and food services (9%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Department
and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
|
Most
common occupations for males |
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle
and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
|
Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers
(5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered
nurses (4%)
|
Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Japan
(17%)
- India
(10%)
- United
Kingdom (9%)
- Italy
(7%)
- Korea
(6%)
- Spain
(6%)
- Mexico
(5%)
|
Most
common first ancestries reported in Harrison County:
|
- United
States or American (24%)
- German
(17%)
- Italian
(13%)
- Irish
(11%)
- English
(11%)
- Scotch-Irish
(3%)
- Dutch
(2%)
|
|
Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 22,893 (83%)
- Carpooled:
2,949 (11%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 160 (1%)
- Subway
or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Taxi:
27 (0%)
- Bicycle:
3 (0%)
- Walked:
685 (2%)
- Other
means: 234 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 693 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Harrison County, West Virginia
- 543
people in nursing homes
- 350
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 83
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 54
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 53
people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 43
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 34
people in other group homes
- 20
people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 12
people in halfway houses
- 3
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 2
people in religious group quarters
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $44,913.
4.92% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,829 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
4.92% | | West
Virginia average: | 5.78% |
0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($230 average AGI)
| Harrison
County: |
0.05% | | West
Virginia average: | 0.06% |
2.61% relocated from other counties in West Virginia ($17,195 average AGI)
2.26% relocated from other states ($19,405 average AGI)
| Harrison
County: |
2.26% | | West
Virginia average: | 3.05% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Marion County, WV
|
0.62% ($36,032 average AGI) |
| from
Monongalia County, WV
|
0.36% ($38,722) |
| from
Lewis County, WV
|
0.28% ($27,600) |
| from
Taylor County, WV
|
0.23% ($24,368) |
| from
Doddridge County, WV
|
0.16% ($26,718) |
| from
Barbour County, WV
|
0.13% ($27,313) |
| from
Kanawha County, WV
|
0.11% ($27,370) |
5.10% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,608 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.10% | | West
Virginia average: | 5.65% |
0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($224 average AGI)
| Harrison
County: |
0.04% | | West
Virginia average: |
0.02% |
2.76% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($17,207 average AGI)
2.29% relocated to other states ($18,177 average AGI)
| Harrison
County: |
2.29% | | West
Virginia average: | 2.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Marion County, WV
|
0.64% ($28,500 average AGI) |
| to
Monongalia County, WV
|
0.45% ($30,690) |
| to
Taylor County, WV
|
0.26% ($26,554) |
| to
Lewis County, WV
|
0.25% ($36,839) |
| to
Doddridge County, WV
|
0.13% ($28,281) |
| to
Upshur County, WV
|
0.13% ($47,875) |
| to
Barbour County, WV
|
0.12% ($26,483) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.6
Births
per 1000 population in Harrison County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.0
Deaths
per 1000 population in Harrison County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 7.3
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Harrison County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 13,969 (11,259 aged, 2,710 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 67,451
- In
family households: 57,674 (14,847 male householders, 4,381 female householders)
14,983
spouses, 19,543 children (17,831 natural, 576 adopted, 1,136 stepchildren), 1,219 grandchildren, 431 brothers or sisters, 401 parents, 697 other relatives, 1,172 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 9,777 (3,564 male householders (2,936 living alone)), 5,105 female householders (4,779 living alone)), 1,108 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 1,201 (722 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 8,511 2-persons, 4,833 3-persons, 3,867 4-persons, 1,440 5-persons, 429 6-persons, 148 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 7,715 1-person, 856 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons.
10,821 married couples with children.
3,581 single-parent households (851 men, 2,730 women).
97.0% of residents of Harrison County speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (37% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $603,332,000 ($8833 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $22,615,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $225,182,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $111,402,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $758,000
Federal grants: $90,266,000
Federal procurement contracts: $35,454,000 ($6,584,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $140,270,000 ($8,341,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $3,724,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $18,672,000
Federal Government insurance: $26,059,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 4,133
| Here: |
60 per 1000 residents | | State: |
60 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 4,657
| Here: |
68 per 1000 residents | | State: |
61 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +259
| Here: |
+4 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+2 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +51
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +6
per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Harrison County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 9.09 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:
|
- 1999
to March 2000: 322
- 1995
to 1998: 1,782
- 1990
to 1994: 1,557
- 1980
to 1989: 3,007
- 1970
to 1979: 4,508
- 1960
to 1969: 3,047
- 1950
to 1959: 4,402
- 1940
to 1949: 3,568
- 1939
or earlier: 8,919
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Harrison County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 11
- 2
rooms: 102
- 3
rooms: 256
- 4
rooms: 2,251
- 5
rooms: 5,130
- 6
rooms: 5,165
- 7
rooms: 3,433
- 8
rooms: 2,429
- 9
or more rooms: 2,058
|
Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Harrison County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 51
- 2
rooms: 304
- 3
rooms: 1,073
- 4
rooms: 1,855
- 5
rooms: 1,866
- 6
rooms: 1,056
- 7
rooms: 441
- 8
rooms: 165
- 9
or more rooms: 221
|
Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Harrison County: |
- no
bedroom: 27
- 1
bedroom: 522
- 2
bedrooms: 5,527
- 3
bedrooms: 11,165
- 4
bedrooms: 3,042
- 5
or more bedrooms: 552
|
Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Harrison County: |
- no
bedroom: 73
- 1
bedroom: 1,667
- 2
bedrooms: 3,207
- 3
bedrooms: 1,678
- 4
bedrooms: 325
- 5
or more bedrooms: 82
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Harrison County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 1,638
- 1
vehicle: 6,573
- 2
vehicles: 8,938
- 3
vehicles: 2,786
- 4
vehicles: 736
- 5
or more vehicles: 164
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Harrison County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 1,419
- 1
vehicle: 3,604
- 2
vehicles: 1,657
- 3
vehicles: 287
- 4
vehicles: 45
- 5
or more vehicles: 20
|
66% of Harrison County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in West Virginia.
| Harrison
County: |
65.5% | | State
average: |
63.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 56016
- Northeast:
3344
- Midwest:
3178
- South:
4078
- West:
782
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,300 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Utility
gas (88%)
- Electricity
(7%)
- Wood
(2%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (2%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (78%)
- Electricity
(17%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
- Wood
(1%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 354
| Here: |
4.7% | | West
Virginia: | 5.5% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 207
| Here: |
5.6% | | West
Virginia: |
4.8% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 597
| Here: |
24.9% | | West
Virginia: |
15.4% |
Harrison
County government finances in 2004:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $11,195,000
- Charges
- All Other: $3,320,000
- Construction
- General: $263,000
Parks & Recreation: $38,000
- Current
Operations - Police Protection: $2,307,000
General - Other: $2,034,000
Health Services - Other: $1,955,000
Central Staff Services: $1,370,000
Fire Protection: $1,333,000
Corrections - Other: $1,323,000
Financial Administration: $1,308,000
General Public Buildings: $1,232,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,110,000
Parks & Recreation: $318,000
Housing & Community Development: $258,000
Libraries: $119,000
Air Transportation: $25,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - General Support: $1,374,000
Public Welfare: $171,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $5,367,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - General Support: $339,000
Health & Hospitals: $19,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $76,670,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $11,195,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $72,876,000
Other, NEC: $11,195,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $3,794,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $5,429,000
General Revenue, NEC: $170,000
Rents: $6,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - General - Other: $734,000
Fire Protection: $452,000
General Public Building: $239,000
Police Protection: $216,000
Financial Administration: $135,000
Health - Other: $91,000
Central Staff: $53,000
Parks & Recreation: $20,000
Housing & Community Development: $16,000
Judicial: $7,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,251,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $72,876,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $654,000
General Support: $194,000
- Tax
- Property: $11,774,000
Public Utilities: $2,985,000
NEC: $429,000
Motor Vehicle License: $21,000
Other Selective Sales: $5,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $7,714,000
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