Median Household Income
$59,608
Median Home Value
$162,600
Median Gross Rent
$872/mo
Poverty Rate
16.7%
Unemployment Rate
5.4%
Homeownership Rate
74.9%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
24.1%
Median Age
42.7
Population Over Time
West Virginia shrank 4.1% from 2014 to 2024.
2014
1,853,881
2016
1,846,092
2018
1,829,054
2020
1,807,426
2022
1,792,967
2024
1,778,373
Business & Industry
West Virginia has 35,839 business establishments employing 551,240 people.
Health care and social assistance
5,019
Other services (except public administration)
4,255
Accommodation and food services
3,684
Construction
3,149
Professional, scientific, and technical services
2,694
Finance and insurance
1,999
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,531
Real estate and rental and leasing
1,422
Establishments by industry sector. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns.
Largest Cities in West Virginia
See all →Charleston48,415 people$65,812Huntington46,637 people$45,100Morgantown30,220 people$44,727Parkersburg29,685 people$49,025Wheeling26,900 people$48,590Weirton18,971 people$59,575Martinsburg18,678 people$59,555Fairmont18,402 people$63,032Beckley17,132 people$45,826Clarksburg15,977 people$47,386Teays Valley13,816 people$108,741South Charleston13,527 people$63,884St. Albans10,753 people$53,972Vienna10,642 people$60,388Cross Lanes10,037 people$63,537Cheat Lake10,034 people$117,014Bluefield9,619 people$49,375Bridgeport9,255 people$100,022Oak Hill8,157 people$52,466Moundsville8,056 people$49,048Dunbar7,418 people$58,379Elkins6,935 people$44,217Hurricane6,908 people$71,167Pea Ridge6,884 people$65,811Charles Town6,584 people$89,263Nitro6,540 people$53,848Brookhaven6,485 people$88,438Princeton5,833 people$43,900Ranson5,497 people$89,523New Martinsville5,210 people$60,946Buckhannon5,201 people$54,615Keyser4,879 people$46,955Grafton4,711 people$40,402Barboursville4,394 people$60,571Point Pleasant4,067 people$37,563Pinch4,015 people$76,741Westover4,012 people$60,769Weston3,922 people$52,070Lewisburg3,890 people$49,560Ravenswood3,853 people$34,241Shady Spring3,581 people$67,407Blennerhassett3,564 people$88,487Pleasant Valley3,480 people$67,635Welch3,475 people$32,969Summersville3,415 people$56,571Shannondale3,294 people$80,000Ripley3,084 people$41,518Williamson3,035 people$21,875Kenova3,019 people$53,683Kingwood2,997 people$71,154
Counties in West Virginia
Barbour CountyBerkeley CountyBoone CountyBraxton CountyBrooke CountyCabell CountyCalhoun CountyClay CountyDoddridge CountyFayette CountyGilmer CountyGrant CountyGreenbrier CountyHampshire CountyHancock CountyHardy CountyHarrison CountyJackson CountyJefferson CountyKanawha CountyLewis CountyLincoln CountyLogan CountyMarion CountyMarshall CountyMason CountyMcDowell CountyMercer CountyMineral CountyMingo CountyMonongalia CountyMonroe CountyMorgan CountyNicholas CountyOhio CountyPendleton CountyPleasants CountyPocahontas CountyPreston CountyPutnam CountyRaleigh CountyRandolph CountyRitchie CountyRoane CountySummers CountyTaylor CountyTucker CountyTyler CountyUpshur CountyWayne CountyWebster CountyWetzel CountyWirt CountyWood CountyWyoming County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 2020-2024.