Glen Dale

Glen Dale is a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. The population was 1,514 at the 2020 census. Glen Dale was incorporated in 1924. It is in the northwest part of the county, which is above the Mason–Dixon line and forms the base of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia.

As of the 2020 census, Glen Dale had a population of 1,496. The median age was 50.4 years. 18.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 27.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 91.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.8 males age 18 and over.

There were 687 households in Glen Dale, of which 23.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 49.3% were married-couple households, 16.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 29.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 745 housing units, of which 7.8% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.6% and the rental vacancy rate was 10.8%.

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,526 people, 688 households and 475 families living in the city. The population density was 1,795.3 inhabitants per square mile (693.2/km2). There were 745 housing units at an average density of 876.5 per square mile (338.4/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 97.5% White, 0.1% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 1.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.0% of the population.

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