Educational Attainment in Tract 950500, Nicholas County, West Virginia (Tract)

Educational Attainment#1

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Nicholas County and Tract 950500
Tract 950500
Nicholas County
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%CountHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma218.300000%21.708051%18.300000%18.3%18364.400000%61.958508%64.400000%64.4%64417.300000%16.333441%17.300000%17.3%173
Count number of people in category
1Post-Secondary Degree 2H.S. = High School

Relative Educational Attainment#2

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Nicholas County at large.
Scope: population of Nicholas County and Tract 950500
-10%0%+10%%ref.Higher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-15.699480%-15.699480%-15.7%18.300%18.3%21.708%21.7%3.940527%3.940527%+3.9%64.400%64.4%61.959%62.0%5.917670%5.917670%+5.9%17.300%17.3%16.333%16.3%
% percentage with given level in Tract 950500
ref. percentage with given level in Nicholas County
1Post-Secondary Degree 2H.S. = High School

Detailed Educational Attainment#3

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Nicholas County and Tract 950500
Tract 950500
Nicholas County
0%10%20%30%40%CountDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None0.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.988928%03.300000%0.999678%3.300000%3.3%333.200000%4.530797%3.200000%3.2%329.200000%8.765989%9.200000%9.2%922.600000%6.422659%2.600000%2.6%2617.200000%16.053961%17.200000%17.2%17247.200000%45.904547%47.200000%47.2%47212.800000%10.974954%12.800000%12.8%1283.200000%4.788778%3.200000%3.2%321.300000%0.569709%1.300000%1.3%13
Count number of people in category
1Degree 2Diploma or equivialent 3H.S. = High School

Detailed Relative Educational Attainment#4

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Nicholas County at large.
Scope: population of Nicholas County and Tract 950500
-200%0%+200%%ref.Doctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None-100.000000%-100.000000%-100.0%0.000%0%0.989%0.99%230.106452%230.106452%+230.1%3.300%3.30%1.000%1.00%-29.372242%-29.372242%-29.4%3.200%3.20%4.531%4.53%4.951073%4.951073%+5.0%9.200%9.20%8.766%8.77%-59.518326%-59.518326%-59.5%2.600%2.60%6.423%6.42%7.138668%7.138668%+7.1%17.200%17.2%16.054%16.1%2.822058%2.822058%+2.8%47.200%47.2%45.905%45.9%16.629187%16.629187%+16.6%12.800%12.8%10.975%11.0%-33.177104%-33.177104%-33.2%3.200%3.20%4.789%4.79%128.186792%128.186792%+128.2%1.300%1.30%0.570%0.57%
% percentage with given level in Tract 950500
ref. percentage with given level in Nicholas County
1Degree 2Diploma or equivialent 3H.S. = High School

Educational Attainment Sex Ratio#5

Percentage more likely men or women are to have various highest levels of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Nicholas County and Tract 950500
More Females More Males
Nicholas County
Tract 950500
50%0%50%100%150%FMHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-55.681780%151.241311%151.241311%151%10.474%10.5%26.316%26.3%-15.499431%-15.499431%15%10.588339%68.972%69.0%59.717%59.7%-47.150140%-47.150140%47%21.081803%20.553%20.6%13.968%14.0%
F females in category as a percentage of all females
M males in category as a percentage of all males
1Post-Secondary Degree 2H.S. = High School

Detailed Educational Attainment Sex Ratio#6

Percentage more likely men or women are to have various highest levels of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Nicholas County and Tract 950500
More Females More Males
Nicholas County
Tract 950500
0%500%1,000%FMProfessional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None-2.534559%1,000.000000%1,000.000000%> 1000%0.000%0%6.680%6.68%-48.973395%125.344130%125.344130%125%1.976%1.98%4.453%4.45%-16.786545%160.012457%160.012457%160%5.138%5.14%13.360%13.4%-84.409310%-165.154967%-84.409310%84%3.360%3.36%1.822%1.82%-52.999823%-12.251043%-52.999823%53%20.751%20.8%13.563%13.6%-4.479578%-4.479578%4%19.255813%48.221%48.2%46.154%46.2%-62.714097%-62.714097%63%12.729804%15.810%15.8%9.717%9.72%-10.645586%-10.645586%11%41.446663%3.360%3.36%3.036%3.04%-13.899868%-13.899868%14%31.238087%1.383%1.38%1.215%1.21%
F females in category as a percentage of all females
M males in category as a percentage of all males
1Degree 2Diploma or equivialent 3H.S. = High School

Bachelor's Degrees By Age#7

Percentage of age cohort whose highest degree is a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Nicholas County and Tract 950500
Tract 950500
Nicholas County
0%5%10%15%20%B.X.Total65+45-6435-4425-345.585106%5.778844%5.585106%5.6%213767.673267%8.266286%7.673267%7.7%3140420.000000%12.085459%20.000000%20.0%3115513.846154%11.798769%13.846154%13.8%965
B.X. number of people with a Bachelor's degree
Total number of people in age cohort

Relative Bachelor's Degrees By Age#8

Percentage of population whose highest degree is a Bachelor's, as a percentage more or less than Nicholas County at large.
Scope: population of Nicholas County and Tract 950500
0%20%40%60%%ref.65+45-6435-4425-34-3.352536%-3.352536%3.4%5.585%5.59%5.779%5.78%-7.173943%-7.173943%7.2%7.673%7.67%8.266%8.27%65.488127%65.488127%65.5%20.000%20.0%12.085%12.1%17.352525%17.352525%17.4%13.846%13.8%11.799%11.8%
% percentage in Tract 950500 with a Bachelor's degree
ref percentage in Nicholas County with a Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's Degrees Sex Ratio By Age#9

Percentage more likely men or women are to have their highest degree be a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Nicholas County and Tract 950500
More Females More Males
Nicholas County
Tract 950500
100%0%100%200%FM65+45-6435-4425-3468.674699%15.130916%68.674699%68.7%4.286%4.29%7.229%7.23%132.635534%6.014200%132.635534%132.6%4.569%4.57%10.628%10.6%-13.785139%290.625000%290.625000%290.6%8.000%8.00%31.250%31.3%-159.015188%104.878049%104.878049%104.9%8.333%8.33%17.073%17.1%
F female degree holders as a percentage of all females
M male degree holders as a percentage of all males

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#10

Among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Nicholas County and Tract 950500
Tract 950500
Nicholas County
$0k$20k$40k$60kCount%Graduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeH.S. Diploma2Total$50,461.000000$66,359.000000$50,461.000000$50.5k656.500%6.50%$38,631.000000$45,717.000000$38,631.000000$38.6k929.200%9.20%$20,948.000000$25,779.000000$20,948.000000$20.9k47247.200%47.2%$20,956.000000$31,060.000000$20,956.000000$21.0k1,000100.000%100%
Count number of people with given highest level of educational attainment
% percentage of people with given highest level of educational attainment
1or professional degree 2H.S. = High School

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#11

By sex among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Nicholas County and Tract 950500
Female Male
Nicholas County
Tract 950500
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
$20k$0k$20k$40kFMSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2Total$-2,499.000000$-19,924.000000$-2,499.000000$2.5k$2,499.000000$53,751.000000$19,924.000000$18,895.000000$56,250.000000$56.3k12276$-19,432.000000$-15,132.000000$-19,432.000000$19.4k$19,432.000000$1,866.000000$15,132.000000$23,227.000000$21,298.000000$21.3k244228$-13,859.000000$-21,323.000000$-13,859.000000$13.9k$13,859.000000$17,391.000000$21,323.000000$20,076.000000$31,250.000000$31.3k506494
F females with given highest level of educational attainment
M males with given highest level of educational attainment
1or professional degree 2H.S. = High School

Employment by Educational Attainment#12

Percentage of population that is employed by highest level of educational attainment among the population aged 25 to 64 years old.
Scope: population of Nicholas County and Tract 950500
Tract 950500
Nicholas County
0%20%40%60%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma377.586207%77.866109%77.586207%77.6%9048.739496%61.872705%48.739496%48.7%5858.035714%60.067943%58.035714%58.0%19547.169811%30.931339%47.169811%47.2%25
Count employed people with given educational attainment aged 25 to 64 years old
1or higher 2two or four year institution 3H.S. = High School

Lacking High School Diploma By Race#13

Percent of racial or ethnic group lacking a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Nicholas County and Tract 950500
Female Male
Nicholas County
Tract 950500
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
20%15%10%5%0%5%10%15%MFWhite1-15.299335%-5.584199%-15.026738%-20.883534%20.9%15.299335%15.026738%2.540061%15.299335%15.3%69104
M number of males in category
F number of females in category
1non-Hispanic 2excluding black and Asian Hispanics

College Graduates By Race#14

Percent of racial or ethnic group with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Scope: population of Nicholas County and Tract 950500
Female Male
Nicholas County
Tract 950500
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
15%10%5%0%5%10%15%20%MFWhite1-7.228916%-13.075611%-2.293373%-7.228916%7.2%7.228916%13.391927%13.075611%20.620843%20.6%9336
M number of males in category
F number of females in category
1non-Hispanic 2excluding black and Asian Hispanics

Educational Attainment by Tract in Nicholas County

There are 7 tracts in Nicholas County. This section compares Tract 950500 to all of the tracts in Nicholas County and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Tract 950500.

No H.S. Diploma by Tract#15

Percent of population 25 years of age and older without a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Tract 950500, selected other tracts in Nicholas County, and entities that contain Tract 950500
0%5%10%15%Count#Beaver950100Tract 950100950400Tract 950400950500Tract 950500950300Tract 950300950200Tract 950200950700Tract 950700Nicholas County School DistrictNicholas CoNicholas CountyNicholasWest VirginiaSouth950600Tract 950600United States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth Atlantic19.153586%19.153586%19.2%96418.448729%18.448729%18.4%421117.409977%17.409977%17.4%527217.300000%17.300000%17.3%173317.172775%17.172775%17.2%164416.826825%16.826825%16.8%823516.618317%16.618317%16.6%401616.333441%16.333441%16.3%3,03916.333441%16.333441%16.3%3,03914.659268%14.659268%14.7%190,148190k14.392758%14.392758%14.4%11,511,24211.5M13.125310%13.125310%13.1%530713.020590%13.020590%13.0%27,818,38027.8M12.827640%12.827640%12.8%5,478,9325.48M
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 7 by percentage of population 25 years of age and older without a high school diploma (or equivalent).

Bachelor's Degrees by Tract#16

Percent of population 25 years of age and older with a bachelor's degree or higher..
Scope: population of Tract 950500, selected other tracts in Nicholas County, and entities that contain Tract 950500
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%Count#South AtlanticUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSouthWest Virginia950200Tract 950200950600Tract 950600950500Tract 950500Nicholas County School DistrictNicholas CoNicholas CountyNicholas950400Tract 950400Beaver950700Tract 950700950100Tract 950100950300Tract 95030030.457708%30.457708%30.5%13,009,07313.0M30.315023%30.315023%30.3%64,767,78764.8M28.191926%28.191926%28.2%22,547,73422.5M19.559207%19.559207%19.6%253,706254k18.401145%18.401145%18.4%900117.409609%17.409609%17.4%703215.700000%15.700000%15.7%157315.285392%15.285392%15.3%2,84415.285392%15.285392%15.3%2,84414.634952%14.634952%14.6%443413.590304%13.590304%13.6%68413.510153%13.510153%13.5%326510.867660%10.867660%10.9%24867.015707%7.015707%7.0%677
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 7 by percentage of population 25 years of age and older with a bachelor's degree or higher..

Very Advanced Degrees by Tract#17

Percent of population 25 years of age and older with a professional or doctorate degree (e.g., MBA, PhD, or MD).
Scope: population of Tract 950500, selected other tracts in Nicholas County, and entities that contain Tract 950500
0%1%2%3%4%Count#950600Tract 950600South AtlanticUnited States of AmericaUnited States950500Tract 950500SouthWest VirginiaNicholas County School DistrictNicholas CoNicholas CountyNicholas950200Tract 950200950700Tract 950700Beaver950100Tract 950100950400Tract 950400950300Tract 9503004.853888%4.853888%4.9%19613.501306%3.501306%3.5%1,495,4751.50M3.336158%3.336158%3.3%7,127,6737.13M3.300000%3.300000%3.3%3323.064699%3.064699%3.1%2,451,1282.45M2.118620%2.118620%2.1%27,48127.5k1.988606%1.988606%2.0%3701.988606%1.988606%2.0%3701.983235%1.983235%2.0%9731.160381%1.160381%1.2%2840.933837%0.933837%0.9%470.350570%0.350570%0.4%850.264288%0.264288%0.3%860.000000%0.000000%0.0%07
Count number of people in category
# rank of tract out of 7 by percentage of population 25 years of age and older with a professional or doctorate degree (e.g., MBA, PhD, or MD).

Under-Education Sex Ratio by Tract#18

Percentage more likely men are than women to not have a high school diploma (or equivalent) among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Tract 950500, selected other tracts in Nicholas County, and entities that contain Tract 950500
Female
Male
1x0x1x2xFM#Tract 950100Tract 950200Nicholas CoNicholasTract 950700South AtlanticWest VirginiaSouthUnited StatesTract 950600BeaverTract 950400Tract 950300Tract 950500-1.000000x-1.000000x2.388503x2.388503x2.39x11.036%11.0%26.359%26.4%1-1.000000x-1.000000x1.601955x1.601955x1.60x13.208%13.2%21.159%21.2%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.210818x1.210818x1.21x14.834%14.8%17.962%18.0%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.210818x1.210818x1.21x14.834%14.8%17.962%18.0%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.183946x1.183946x1.18x15.240%15.2%18.044%18.0%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.178860x1.178860x1.18x11.819%11.8%13.933%13.9%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.172392x1.172392x1.17x13.525%13.5%15.857%15.9%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.149925x1.149925x1.15x13.427%13.4%15.440%15.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.109070x1.109070x1.11x12.369%12.4%13.719%13.7%-1.016564x-1.016564x1.02x1.000000x1.000000x13.230%13.2%13.015%13.0%4-1.071999x-1.071999x1.07x1.000000x1.000000x19.787%19.8%18.458%18.5%-1.176090x-1.176090x1.18x1.000000x1.000000x18.742%18.7%15.936%15.9%5-1.433951x-1.433951x1.43x1.000000x1.000000x20.444%20.4%14.257%14.3%6-1.471501x-1.471501x1.47x1.000000x1.000000x20.553%20.6%13.968%14.0%7
F percentage of females in category
M percentage of males in category
# rank of tract out of 7 by male-to-female sex ratio

Over-Education Sex Ratio by Tract#19

Percentage more likely men are than women to have a professional or doctorate degree (e.g., MBA, PhD, or MD) among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Tract 950500, selected other tracts in Nicholas County, and entities that contain Tract 950500
Female
Male
10x5x0x5x10xFM#Tract 950100Tract 950500BeaverWest VirginiaSouthUnited StatesSouth AtlanticTract 950600Nicholas CoNicholasTract 950200Tract 950400Tract 950700-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%0.725%0.72%1-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.000%0%6.680%6.68%2-1.000000x-1.000000x2.585982x2.585982x2.59x0.532%0.53%1.375%1.38%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.768492x1.768492x1.77x1.542%1.54%2.727%2.73%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.555780x1.555780x1.56x2.420%2.42%3.764%3.76%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.526215x1.526215x1.53x2.660%2.66%4.060%4.06%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.520688x1.520688x1.52x2.804%2.80%4.265%4.26%-1.009769x-1.009769x1.01x1.000000x1.000000x4.877%4.88%4.830%4.83%3-1.320504x-1.320504x1.32x1.000000x1.000000x2.250%2.25%1.704%1.70%-1.320504x-1.320504x1.32x1.000000x1.000000x2.250%2.25%1.704%1.70%-4.228565x-4.228565x4.23x1.000000x1.000000x3.039%3.04%0.719%0.72%4-10.000000x-10.000000x> 10.0x1.000000x1.000000x0.503%0.50%0.000%0%5-10.000000x-10.000000x> 10.0x1.000000x1.000000x2.282%2.28%0.000%0%6
F percentage of females in category
M percentage of males in category
# rank of tract out of 6 by male-to-female sex ratio

Definitions

Educational attainment is reported in terms of the highest level of education obtained by persons aged 25 years and older. On this page, we report on both detailed and coarse categorizations of the levels of education in the population. The detailed levels of educational attainment are as follows:

  • None: no formal education at all
  • Less than High School: some education, but stopped short of high school
  • Some High School: some high school education, but no high school diploma (or equivalent)
  • Some College: high school diploma (or equivalent), and some college, but no post-secondary degree
  • Associate's Degree: highest post-secondary degree is an associate's degree (including occupational or academic degrees)
  • Bachelor's Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a bachelor's degree (e.g., BA, BS, AB)
  • Master's Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a master's degree (e.g., MA, MS, MENG, MSW)
  • Professional Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a professional degree (e.g., MD, DDC, JD)
  • Doctorate Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a doctorate degree (e.g., PhD, EdD)

The coarse levels of educational attainment are as follows:

  • No High School Diploma: does not have a high school diploma or equivalent
  • High School Diploma: has a high school diploma or equivalent and possibly some college, but no post-secondary degrees
  • Higher Degree: has some post-secondary degree (associate's, bachelor's, master's, professional, doctorate)

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State:
West Virginia
County:
Nicholas
City:
Richwood
District:
Beaver
Unincorporated Place:
Fenwick
ZIP Codes:
26202, 26208, 26261
Unified School District:
Nicholas County
Congressional District:
WV-3
State Senate District:
WV-11
State House District:
WV-44
Block Groups:
Block Group 950500-1, Block Group 950500-2
Neighboring Tracts:
Tract 950200, Tract 950400, Tract 950600, Tract 970300