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Tornado, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Tornado is a Census CDP of 1,114 people across 3.59 square miles of land, in Kanawha County. Median household income is $83,000, 92.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Tornado
What Tornado is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area3.59 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land311 plus or minus 85
- County holding the largest share of its areaKanawha County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tornado
How many people live in Tornado
- Population1,114 plus or minus 305
- Median age34.1 plus or minus 9.0
- Population under 18335 plus or minus 113
- Share under 1830.1 percent
- Population 65 and over228 plus or minus 74
- Share 65 and over20.5 percent
- Households402
- Family households272 plus or minus 77
- Share of households that are families67.7 percent plus or minus 14.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tornado
Income and work in Tornado
- Median household income$83,000 plus or minus $24,827
- Per capita income$30,709
- Civilian labor force485 plus or minus 136
- Employed483 plus or minus 136
- Unemployed2 plus or minus 3
- Unemployment rate0.4 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Adults 25 and over743 plus or minus 150
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher30.4 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.7 percent plus or minus 5.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tornado
Housing in Tornado
- Housing units427
- Occupied units402
- Vacant units25 plus or minus 28
- Vacancy rate5.9 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Owner occupied373
- Renter occupied29 plus or minus 38
- Ownership rate92.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$174,800
- Single family units421
- Share single family98.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes6 plus or minus 11
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tornado
How Tornado gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute489 plus or minus 134
- Commuting under 15 minutes87 plus or minus 53
- Share commuting under 15 minutes17.8 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more192 plus or minus 87
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.3 percent plus or minus 14.2
- Drove alone93.4 percent
- Carpooled2.8 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home2.2 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kanawha County, not Tornado
Kanawha County context, not Tornado figures
- Establishments in Kanawha County4,396
- Covered employment, Kanawha County97,845
- Average annual pay, Kanawha County$61,997
- Housing units permitted, Kanawha County98
Every figure in this section is published for Kanawha County as a whole and is not a measurement of Tornado.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Tornado questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Tornado, West Virginia?
1,114, in 402 households. Tornado CDP covers 3.59 square miles of land, which is 311 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Tornado in?
Kanawha County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Tornado?
$83,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $174,800. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Tornado figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kanawha County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Tornado.
Is zoning published for Tornado?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.