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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $394 (0.5%)
Area name: Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Pleasants County is $393 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $503 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $668 a month.
Cities in this county include: St. Marys
, Belmont
, Addison (Webster Springs)
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Neighboring
counties: Ritchie County
, Tyler County
, Wood County
, Washington County, Ohio
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Pleasants County: Parish
(A),
Henry Camp
(B)
Churches in Pleasants County include: Beech
Run Church
(A),
Shawnee United Methodist Church
(B),
Ruckman Church
(C),
Maple Lane Church
(D),
Raven Rock United Methodist Church
(E),
Calcutta United Methodist Church
(F),
Point Lookout Church
(G),
Pleasant Valley Church
(H),
Horseneck Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Harness
Cemetery
(1),
Mount Carmel Cemetery
(2),
Lamp Cemetery
(3),
Old Beech Run Cemetery
(4),
Mount Nebo Cemetery
(5),
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
(6),
Beech Run Cemetery
(7)
Lake: Forest
City Lake
(A).
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Allen
Run
(A),
Atward Run
(B),
Bens Run
(C),
Big Run
(D),
Willow Island Creek
(E),
Bogart Run
(F),
Middle Island Creek
(G),
Broad Run
(H),
Bukey Run
(I)
Park in Pleasants County: Ohio
River Islands National Wildlife Refuge
(1).
Post offices: Hebron
Post Office
(A),
Willow Island Post Office
(B)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
4.6% | | West
Virginia: |
4.0% |
Current college students: 215
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 79.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 9.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 35 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Pleasants
County: |
0.5% | | Whole
state: | 1.1% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 17
- 1990
to 1994: 4
- 1985
to 1989: 1
- 1980
to 1984: 2
- 1975
to 1979: 2
- 1970
to 1974: 2
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1965
to 1969: 7
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Mean travel time to work: 24.4 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 48.8%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 2,214
- One,
attached: 11
- Two:
58
- 3
or 4: 56
- 5
to 9: 53
- 10
to 19: 44
- 20
or more: 43
- Mobile
homes: 735
Housing units in Pleasants County with a mortgage: 698 (52 second mortgage, 68 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 635 Agriculture
in Pleasants County
Average size of farms: 113 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $2742
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $80.91
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 54.31%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $6904
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 13.66%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $17953
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 96.06%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 6.98
Corn for grain: 57 harvested acres
Vegetables: 7 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 6 acres
Most
common industries for males: |
- Chemicals
(17%)
- Construction
(13%)
- Utilities
(6%)
- Metal
and metal products (5%)
- Public
administration (5%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational
services (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (23%)
- Educational
services (14%)
- Public
administration (6%)
- Accommodation
and food services (6%)
- Finance
and insurance (6%)
- Food
and beverage stores (5%)
- Administrative
and support and waste management services (5%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (6%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
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Most
common occupations for females
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- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (9%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Registered
nurses (5%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Pakistan
(37%)
- Canada
(14%)
- India
(11%)
- Korea
(9%)
- Germany
(6%)
- Other
Western Europe (6%)
- Italy
(6%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Pleasants County:
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- United
States or American (36%)
- English
(17%)
- German
(15%)
- Irish
(9%)
- Scotch-Irish
(3%)
- Scottish
(3%)
- Dutch
(2%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 2,499 (85%)
- Carpooled:
309 (11%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Walked:
70 (2%)
- Other
means: 11 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 34 (1%)
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People
in group quarters in Pleasants County, West Virginia
- 186
people in state prisons
- 62
people in nursing homes
- 8
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $42,640.
5.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,000 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
5.03% | | West
Virginia average: | 5.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.23% relocated from other counties in West Virginia ($17,802 average AGI)
1.81% relocated from other states ($9,198 average AGI)
| Pleasants
County: |
1.81% | | West
Virginia average: | 3.05% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Wood County, WV
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1.54% ($29,100 average AGI) |
| from
Washington County, OH
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0.61% ($28,250) |
| from
Ritchie County, WV
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0.58% ($28,133) |
| from
Tyler County, WV
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0.46% ($30,167) |
6.12% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,261 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.12% | | West
Virginia average: |
5.65% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.42% relocated to other counties in West Virginia ($18,398 average AGI)
2.70% relocated to other states ($11,863 average AGI)
| Pleasants
County: |
2.70% | | West
Virginia average: | 2.96% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Wood County, WV
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1.63% ($34,884 average AGI) |
| to
Washington County, OH
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0.95% ($25,560) |
| to
Ritchie County, WV
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0.80% ($33,619) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.4
Births
per 1000 population in Pleasants County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.9
Deaths
per 1000 population in Pleasants County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 4.0
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Pleasants County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,363 (1,122 aged, 241 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 5%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 7,257
- In
family households: 6,420 (1,821 male householders, 326 female householders)
1,759
spouses, 2,180 children (2,002 natural, 65 adopted, 113 stepchildren), 95 grandchildren, 36 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 68 other relatives, 121 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 837 (300 male householders (250 living alone)), 446 female householders (408 living alone)), 91 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 257 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 940 2-persons, 570 3-persons, 422 4-persons, 148 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 658 1-person, 87 2-persons, 1 4-persons.
1,296 married couples with children.
333 single-parent households (75 men, 258 women).
98.6% of residents of Pleasants County speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 4% don't speak English at all). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $39,956,000 ($5370 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $578,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $21,281,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $9,831,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $28,000
Federal grants: $7,702,000
Federal procurement contracts: $233,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $880,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,438,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,048,000
Federal Government insurance: $5,724,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 405
| Here: |
55 per 1000 residents | | State: | 60
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 465
| Here: |
63 per 1000 residents | | State: |
61 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +9
| Here: |
+1 per 1000 residents | | State: | +2
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -78
| Here: |
-11 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+6 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Pleasants County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.56 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)
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: 78
- 1995
to 1998: 211
- 1990
to 1994: 227
- 1980
to 1989: 456
- 1970
to 1979: 652
- 1960
to 1969: 426
- 1950
to 1959: 333
- 1940
to 1949: 212
- 1939
or earlier: 619
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Pleasants County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 0
- 2
rooms: 15
- 3
rooms: 36
- 4
rooms: 250
- 5
rooms: 655
- 6
rooms: 607
- 7
rooms: 376
- 8
rooms: 222
- 9
or more rooms: 164
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Pleasants County, West Virginia: |
- 1
room: 2
- 2
rooms: 21
- 3
rooms: 108
- 4
rooms: 120
- 5
rooms: 156
- 6
rooms: 75
- 7
rooms: 41
- 8
rooms: 18
- 9
or more rooms: 21
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Pleasants County: |
- no
bedroom: 0
- 1
bedroom: 72
- 2
bedrooms: 549
- 3
bedrooms: 1,405
- 4
bedrooms: 239
- 5
or more bedrooms: 60
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Pleasants County: |
- no
bedroom: 2
- 1
bedroom: 120
- 2
bedrooms: 224
- 3
bedrooms: 166
- 4
bedrooms: 41
- 5
or more bedrooms: 9
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Pleasants County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no
vehicle: 176
- 1
vehicle: 634
- 2
vehicles: 1,063
- 3
vehicles: 385
- 4
vehicles: 50
- 5
or more vehicles: 17
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Pleasants County in renter-occupied apartments
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- no
vehicle: 120
- 1
vehicle: 265
- 2
vehicles: 145
- 3
vehicles: 30
- 4
vehicles: 2
- 5
or more vehicles: 0
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65% of Pleasants 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, 63% lived in West Virginia.
| Pleasants
County: |
64.5% | | State
average: |
63.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 5266
- Northeast:
249
- Midwest:
1585
- South:
298
- West:
44
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $71,300 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
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- Utility
gas (79%)
- Electricity
(9%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood
(4%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
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Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
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- Utility
gas (70%)
- Electricity
(27%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Other
fuel (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
| Here: |
2.9% | | West
Virginia: | 5.5% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: |
3.7% | | West
Virginia: | 4.8% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 29
| Here: |
14.7% | | West
Virginia: | 15.4% |
Pleasants
County government finances in 2004:
- Charges
- All Other: $247,000
- Current
Operations - Central Staff Services: $1,184,000
Corrections - Other: $458,000
Financial Administration: $434,000
Parks & Recreation: $395,000
Police Protection: $304,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $242,000
General - Other: $182,000
Health Services - Other: $134,000
General Public Buildings: $96,000
Fire Protection: $20,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $35,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $14,296,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $204,218,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $446,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $385,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $194,373,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $9,845,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $61,000
- Miscellaneous
- Interest Earnings: $14,296,000
General Revenue, NEC: $261,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - General - Other: $17,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,415,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $194,373,000
- State
Intergovernmental - All Other: $273,000
General Support: $10,000
- Tax
- Property: $2,524,000
Other Selective Sales: $205,000
Motor Vehicle License: $4,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $1,261,000
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