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Paden City city, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Paden City city is a Census city of 2,415 people across 0.85 square miles of land, lying across Wetzel County and Tyler County. Median household income is $66,101, 84.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Paden City
What Paden City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.85 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,855
- County holding the largest share of its areaWetzel County, 61.0 percent
- Counties this place lies inWetzel County 61.0 percent, Tyler County 39.0 percent
Paden City city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paden City
How many people live in Paden City
- Population2,415
- Median age40.4
- Population under 18594 plus or minus 148
- Share under 1824.6 percent
- Population 65 and over439 plus or minus 92
- Share 65 and over18.2 percent
- Households955
- Family households618
- Share of households that are families64.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paden City
Income and work in Paden City
- Median household income$66,101
- Per capita income$30,141
- Civilian labor force1,033
- Employed986
- Unemployed47 plus or minus 56
- Unemployment rate4.5 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Adults 25 and over1,651
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.7 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.1 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Paden City
- Housing units1,115
- Occupied units955
- Vacant units160 plus or minus 77
- Vacancy rate14.3 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Owner occupied806
- Renter occupied149 plus or minus 55
- Ownership rate84.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$103,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$719
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.1 percent
- Single family units997
- Share single family89.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more42 plus or minus 37
- Share in buildings of two or more3.8 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Mobile homes76 plus or minus 43
- Median year structure built1955
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paden City
How Paden City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute975
- Commuting under 15 minutes323 plus or minus 107
- Share commuting under 15 minutes33.1 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more333 plus or minus 115
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.2 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Drove alone85.9 percent
- Carpooled5.4 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.4 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home1.1 percent plus or minus 1.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wetzel County, not Paden City
Wetzel County context, not Paden City figures
These are Wetzel County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Paden City measurements.
- Establishments in Wetzel County308
- Employment at those establishments, Wetzel County3,890
- Covered employment, Wetzel County4,878
- Average annual pay, Wetzel County$55,398
- Average weekly wage, Wetzel County$1,065
- Housing units permitted, Wetzel County0
- Of those, single family, Wetzel County0
- County product, 2024, Wetzel County$1,371,215,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wetzel County3.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wetzel County$37,773
Every figure in this section is published for Wetzel County as a whole and is not a measurement of Paden City. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Paden City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Paden City, West Virginia?
2,415, in 955 households. Paden City city covers 0.85 square miles of land, which is 2,855 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Paden City in?
Paden City lies in more than one. By area it is 61.0 percent in Wetzel County, 39.0 percent in Tyler County. This page sits under Wetzel County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Paden City?
$66,101. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $103,200. Median gross rent is $719 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Paden City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wetzel 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 Paden City.
Is zoning published for Paden City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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