Handley, West Virginia

Handley, West Virginia
FIPS code		54-34756[3]
GNIS feature ID	1554637[4]

Handley is a town in

November 1972.

Handley is located in the Upper Kanawha Valley on the south side of the

for the Chesapeake Mining Company until deposits were removed from the town and surrounding hills.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.97 square miles (2.51 km²), of which 0.95 square miles (2.46 km²) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km²) is water.^[5]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1980	633		—
1990	334		−47.2%
2000	362		8.4%
2010	349		−3.6%
2020	224		−35.8%
2021 (est.)	220	[2]	−1.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

The median income for a household in the town was $21,429, and the median income for a family was $26,250. Males had a median income of $22,188 versus $16,875 for females. The

, including 36.5% of those under age 18 and 19.0% of those age 65 or over.

2010 census

As of the

of any race were 0.6% of the population.

There were 131 households, of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.8% were married couples living together, 17.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.8% were non-families. 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.15.

The median age in the town was 36.3 years. 25.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.3% were from 25 to 44; 21% were from 45 to 64; and 17.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 51.6% male and 48.4% female.

Notable person

• MLB first baseman John Kruk

References