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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $438 (0.6%)
Area name: Wheeling, WV-OH MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Ohio County is $394 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $632 a month.
Cities in this county include: Wheeling
, Bethlehem
, West Liberty
, Triadelphia
, Clearview
, Valley Grove
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2005 air pollution in Ohio County:
Lead: 0.03 µg/m3
(standard limit: 1.5 µg/m3).
Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.104 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.089 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3):
15.4 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3):
31 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Brooke County
, Belmont County, Ohio
, Marshall County
, Jefferson County, Ohio
, Washington County, Pennsylvania
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Ohio County: Wheeling
Country Club
(A),
Camp Russell
(B),
Camp Giscowhego
(C),
Florence Crittendon Home For Wayward Girls
(D),
Oglebay Mansion Museum
(E)
Churches in Ohio County include: Short
Creek Church
(A),
Hope United Methodist Church
(B),
Clinton Church
(C),
Dallas United Methodist Church
(D),
Mount Saint Joseph Convent
(E),
Lawrencefield Chapel
(F)
Cemeteries: Morgan
Cemetery
(1),
Mount Zion Cemetery
(2),
Dallas Cemetery
(3),
Parkview Memorial Gardens
(4),
Short Creek Cemetery
(5),
Gregg Cemetery
(6),
Cox Cemetery
(7)
Reservoirs: Schenk
Lake
(A),
Pike Island Pool
(B)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Blayney
Run
(A),
Browns Run
(B),
Coulter Run
(C),
Crupe Run
(D),
Curtis Run
(E),
Dixon Run
(F),
McCoy Run
(G),
Hall Run
(H),
Orrs Run
(I)
Parks in Ohio County include: Castleman
Run Wildlife Management Area
(1),
Oglebay Park
(2),
Bear Rock Lakes Wildlife Management Area
(3),
Bear Rock Lakes State Recreation Area
(4)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
3.8% | | West
Virginia: | 4.0% |
Current college students: 3,900
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.1%
Number of foreign born residents: 638 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Ohio
County: |
1.3% | | Whole
state: |
1.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 139
- 1990
to 1994: 57
- 1985
to 1989: 70
- 1980
to 1984: 27
- 1975
to 1979: 47
- 1970
to 1974: 31
- 1970
to 1974: 53
- 1965
to 1969: 214
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Mean travel time to work: 19.5 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 73.8%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 14,145
- One,
attached: 904
- Two:
1,621
- 3
or 4: 1,477
- 5
to 9: 1,090
- 10
to 19: 554
- 20
or more: 1,350
- Mobile
homes: 1,023
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Housing units in Ohio County with a mortgage: 5,929 (423 second mortgage, 866 home equity loan, 51 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,670 Agriculture
in Ohio County
Average size of farms: 134 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $10504
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $59.52
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 76.73%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $12340
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 30.63%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.13%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $23891
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 93.37%
Average age of principal farm operators: 57 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 11.82
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 20.56%
Corn for grain: 166 harvested acres
Vegetables: 21 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 26 acres
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(9%)
- Health
care (8%)
- Educational
services (8%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Metal
and metal products (6%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (23%)
- Educational
services (15%)
- Accommodation
and food services (9%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Social
assistance (4%)
- Food
and beverage stores (3%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females
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- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered
nurses (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Waiters
and waitresses (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- India
(18%)
- United
Kingdom (9%)
- Italy
(8%)
- Philippines
(7%)
- Japan
(6%)
- Germany
(6%)
- Canada
(5%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Ohio County:
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- German
(27%)
- Irish
(14%)
- English
(10%)
- Italian
(8%)
- United
States or American (8%)
- Polish
(7%)
- Scotch-Irish
(3%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 15,888 (78%)
- Carpooled:
2,217 (11%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 314 (2%)
- Taxi:
12 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
6 (0%)
- Bicycle:
21 (0%)
- Walked:
1,109 (5%)
- Other
means: 165 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 574 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Ohio County, West Virginia
- 1692
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 476
people in nursing homes
- 204
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 94
people in religious group quarters
- 73
people in state prisons
- 43
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 39
people in other group homes
- 35
people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 8
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6
people in other nonhousehold living situations
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $50,962.
4.90% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,780 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
4.90% | | West
Virginia average: | 5.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.84% relocated from other counties in West Virginia ($11,838 average AGI)
3.05% relocated from other states ($21,942 average AGI)
| Ohio
County: |
3.05% | | West
Virginia average: | 3.05% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Marshall County, WV
|
1.09% ($28,466 average AGI) |
| from
Belmont County, OH
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0.89% ($25,667) |
| from
Brooke County, WV
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0.20% ($30,000) |
| from
Washington County, PA
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0.19% ($34,969) |
| from
Franklin County, OH
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0.13% ($39,000) |
| from
Allegheny County, PA
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0.12% ($41,905) |
| from
Monongalia County, WV
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0.12% ($54,000) |
5.98% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,836 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.98% | | West
Virginia average: |
5.65% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
1.81% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($7,608 average AGI)
4.17% relocated to other states ($29,228 average AGI)
| Ohio
County: |
4.17% | | West
Virginia average: |
2.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Belmont County, OH
|
1.09% ($42,450 average AGI) |
| to
Marshall County, WV
|
0.97% ($21,556) |
| to
Franklin County, OH
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0.29% ($34,300) |
| to
Washington County, PA
|
0.23% ($38,150) |
| to
Brooke County, WV
|
0.22% ($29,923) |
| to
Monongalia County, WV
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0.22% ($19,692) |
| to
Allegheny County, PA
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0.19% ($42,235) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.3
Births
per 1000 population in Ohio County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.1
Deaths
per 1000 population in Ohio County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 10.6
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Ohio County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 10,338 (8,989 aged, 1,349 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 5%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 44,731
- In
family households: 36,230 (9,420 male householders, 2,845 female householders)
9,492
spouses, 12,258 children (11,220 natural, 267 adopted, 771 stepchildren), 655 grandchildren, 273 brothers or sisters, 240 parents, 368 other relatives, 679 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 8,501 (2,936 male householders (2,421 living alone)), 4,575 female householders (4,218 living alone)), 990 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 2,696 (564 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,724 2-persons, 2,941 3-persons, 2,263 4-persons, 944 5-persons, 306 6-persons, 87 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 6,639 1-person, 772 2-persons, 83 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 2 5-persons.
6,715 married couples with children.
2,518 single-parent households (495 men, 2,023 women).
96.4% of residents of Ohio County speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 13% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $392,597,000 ($8646 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $15,250,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $153,683,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $90,480,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,951,000
Federal grants: $94,642,000
Federal procurement contracts: $21,308,000 ($6,364,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $30,532,000 ($5,107,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $23,053,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $5,683,000
Federal Government insurance: $82,991,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,487
| Here: |
55 per 1000 residents | | State: | 60
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 3,247
| Here: |
72 per 1000 residents | | State: |
61 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +131
| Here: |
+3 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+2 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -1,649
| Here: |
-37 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+6 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Ohio County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.86 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: 180
- 1995
to 1998: 610
- 1990
to 1994: 538
- 1980
to 1989: 1,324
- 1970
to 1979: 2,765
- 1960
to 1969: 2,093
- 1950
to 1959: 3,022
- 1940
to 1949: 2,475
- 1939
or earlier: 9,159
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Ohio County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 7
- 2
rooms: 45
- 3
rooms: 154
- 4
rooms: 1,209
- 5
rooms: 3,028
- 6
rooms: 3,717
- 7
rooms: 2,284
- 8
rooms: 1,533
- 9
or more rooms: 1,560
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Ohio County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 195
- 2
rooms: 581
- 3
rooms: 1,331
- 4
rooms: 1,601
- 5
rooms: 1,223
- 6
rooms: 734
- 7
rooms: 242
- 8
rooms: 186
- 9
or more rooms: 103
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Ohio County: |
- no
bedroom: 7
- 1
bedroom: 462
- 2
bedrooms: 3,549
- 3
bedrooms: 6,766
- 4
bedrooms: 2,159
- 5
or more bedrooms: 594
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Ohio County: |
- no
bedroom: 251
- 1
bedroom: 2,241
- 2
bedrooms: 2,288
- 3
bedrooms: 1,139
- 4
bedrooms: 207
- 5
or more bedrooms: 70
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Ohio County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no
vehicle: 963
- 1
vehicle: 4,727
- 2
vehicles: 5,990
- 3
vehicles: 1,391
- 4
vehicles: 363
- 5
or more vehicles: 103
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Ohio County in renter-occupied apartments
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- no
vehicle: 2,005
- 1
vehicle: 2,961
- 2
vehicles: 1,010
- 3
vehicles: 160
- 4
vehicles: 28
- 5
or more vehicles: 32
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62% of Ohio County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in West Virginia.
| Ohio
County: |
62.5% | | State
average: | 63.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 35160
- Northeast:
3736
- Midwest:
5085
- South:
1981
- West:
661
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $63,800 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Utility
gas (77%)
- Electricity
(14%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood
(2%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Utility
gas (63%)
- Electricity
(30%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Other
fuel (2%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- No
fuel used (1%)
- Wood
(1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,009
| Here: |
21.9% | | West
Virginia: |
5.5% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 451
| Here: |
17.3% | | West
Virginia: |
4.8% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 891
| Here: |
26.6% | | West
Virginia: |
15.4% |
Ohio
County government finances in 2004:
-
Charges - Air Transportation: $404,000
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $457,000
- Charges
- All Other: $2,207,000
- Construction
- General: $470,000
Air Transportation: $203,000
- Current
Operations - Police Protection: $1,773,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,577,000
Health Services - Other: $1,287,000
General - Other: $1,105,000
Financial Administration: $775,000
Central Staff Services: $734,000
Air Transportation: $609,000
General Public Buildings: $440,000
Libraries: $420,000
Fire Protection: $219,000
Welfare - Other: $33,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $182,000
General Support: $62,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $4,500,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Corrections: $901,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - General Support: $116,000
All Other: $24,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $64,286,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $63,027,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $1,259,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $4,553,000
General Revenue, NEC: $3,156,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Air Transportation: $203,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,356,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $63,027,000
- State
Intergovernmental - General Support: $563,000
All Other: $4,000
- Tax
- Property: $4,482,000
NEC: $365,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $5,737,000
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