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American Community Survey 2019–2023

Charleston area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Charleston city (west 2) (55.3%). This table ranks 57 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

#Census tract areaResidents below the poverty level
1Charleston city (west 2)55.3%
2Unincorporated (west-southwest)47.5%
3Charleston city (west-northwest 3)42.8%
4South Charleston city (west 1)36.8%
5St. Albans city (east-northeast)35%
6Charleston city (west-northwest 2)31.8%
7Charleston city (east)31.7%
8South Charleston city (north)29.9%
9Sissonville CDP (south-southwest)26.9%
10Charleston city (east-northeast)23.9%
11Unincorporated (east-northeast)22.7%
12Dunbar city (west-southwest)22.6%
13Charleston city (northwest 2)21.6%
14Charleston city (east-southeast 1)20.7%
15Charleston city (west-northwest 1)20.7%
16St. Albans city (west)20.7%
17Dunbar city (south-southwest)19.9%
18Sissonville CDP (west-northwest)19.1%
19Marmet city18.7%
20Charleston city (northwest 1)18.5%
21Clendenin town18.4%
22St. Albans city (north-northeast)18%
23Chesapeake town17.9%
24Handley town17.9%
25Charleston city (north-northwest 2)17.7%
26Elkview CDP17.6%
27Jefferson CDP16.5%
28South Charleston city (south)16.1%
29St. Albans city (south)15.6%
30Cedar Grove town14.9%
31Charleston city (south-southeast 2)14.9%
32Nitro city (east-southeast)14.8%
33South Charleston city (northeast)14.7%
34Charleston city (southeast)14.4%
35Nitro city (northwest)14.4%
36Dunbar city (northeast)13.5%
37Coal Fork CDP (southeast)12.4%
38Nitro city (west-northwest)12.1%
39South Charleston city (north-northeast)12%
40Big Chimney CDP11.1%
41Rand CDP11%
42Charleston city (west 1)10.2%
43Cross Lanes CDP (south)10.1%
44Charleston city (north-northwest 1)8.7%
45Tornado CDP8.3%
46Sissonville CDP (east-northeast)8.2%
47Charleston city (east-southeast 2)7.5%
48Coal Fork CDP (northwest)7.4%
49Cross Lanes CDP (east-northeast)7.2%
50Cross Lanes CDP (west)6.5%
51Charleston city (southwest)6.2%
52South Charleston city (west 2)6%
53Pinch CDP5.9%
54Charleston city (south-southeast 1)5.8%
55Charleston city (west-southwest)5.4%
56Charleston city (south-southwest)3.9%
57St. Albans city (east-southeast)1.8%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.