Barbour County, West Virginia

Barbour County has a population of 15,424 and has shrunk 0.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $131,900, about 2.6 times the county's median household income of $51,394.

Home price
$131,900
Income
$51,394
Population
15,424
Unemployment
8.5%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$131,900county
Median gross rent$803county
Median year homes here were built1976county
Share of homes built before 198058.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile16.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented21.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use3.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,273(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$869county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$793county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,147county
Home insurance / yr$1,860(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living88.3(statewide)
Median household income$51,394county
Family health premium / yr$25,483(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,692(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.838(statewide)
Poverty rate20.0%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home6.6%county
Unemployment rate8.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force48.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed3.3%county
Share of workers employed by government16.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.9%county
Economic output per resident$50,643county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.43%county
Top state income tax4.82%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.82%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.60%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time30.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service18 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport42288county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.0 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station67 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.5%county
Traffic deaths32.4county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-5.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher12.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher88.5%county
Public schools in the county7county
Public school enrollment1969county
Students per full-time teacher13.5county
Elementary schools4county
Middle schools2county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution14 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians32county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter6.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year18.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year20.9%county
Frequent mental distress21.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity33.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes16.1%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population15,424county
Land area in square miles341county
People per square mile of land45.2county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store0.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-0.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age42.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1819.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over21.1%county
Share of households that are one person27.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.4%county
Second languages1.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls44.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents369county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents10county
Households that moved in322county
Households that moved away312county
Average income of arriving households$47,708county
Average income of departing households$40,990county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year2county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings8.6%(statewide)
Violent crime rate249(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature52.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation47.5 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.87 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F12 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing115 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days171 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 29county
Average first fall frostOct 18county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$125county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh14.0¢county
Household electricity use892 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.45(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity28.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas42.0%county
Homes heated by propane15.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil1.7%county
Homes heated by wood6.2%county
Households with broadband84.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk51.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk38.4county
Landslide risk86.8county
Hail risk37.2county
Earthquake risk24.5county
Tornado risk11.5county
Tropical cyclone risk47.7county
Extreme heat risk9.6county
Winter weather risk26.4county
Strong wind risk17.5county
Wildfire risk11.6county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Barbour County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the West Virginia figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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