Grant County, West Virginia

Grant County has a population of 10,983 and has grown 0.6% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $175,100, about 2.8 times the county's median household income of $62,361.

Home price
$175,100
Income
$62,361
Population
10,983
Unemployment
3.3%

Housing

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

Median home price$175,100county
Median gross rent$644county
Median year homes here were built1980county
Share of homes built before 198050.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile15.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant22.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented18.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use8.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,273(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$869county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$662county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,127county
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$62,361county
Family health premium / yr$25,483(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,692(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.838(statewide)
Poverty rate13.3%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 home9.1%county
Unemployment rate3.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force55.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed12.1%county
Share of workers employed by government16.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.5%county
Economic output per resident$56,338county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.31%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 time25.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service57 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport8762county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.5 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 station46 micounty
Households without a vehicle8.9%county
Traffic deaths27.3county
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 higher14.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher89.6%county
Public schools in the county4county
Public school enrollment1617county
Students per full-time teacher14.2county
Elementary schools2county
Middle schools0county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution28 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians64county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter5.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year14.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year16.0%county
Frequent mental distress21.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity35.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes17.6%county

Place

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

Population10,983county
Land area in square miles477county
People per square mile of land23.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store8.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+0.6%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age46.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1819.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over25.2%county
Share of households that are one person29.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.7%county
Second languages1.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls36.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents374county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents11county
Households that moved in191county
Households that moved away178county
Average income of arriving households$52,869county
Average income of departing households$43,051county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year23county
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 temperature51.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation36.8 incounty
Annual snowfall104.5 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.98 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F7 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing128 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days163 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 2county
Average first fall frostOct 12county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$139county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh13.3¢county
Household electricity use1,052 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.45(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity53.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas3.9%county
Homes heated by propane11.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil11.3%county
Homes heated by wood19.1%county
Households with broadband83.7%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk57.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk44.1county
Landslide risk85.9county
Hail risk33.2county
Earthquake risk28.6county
Tornado risk14.7county
Tropical cyclone risk64.6county
Extreme heat risk17.0county
Winter weather risk33.9county
Strong wind risk65.1county
Wildfire risk51.5county

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 Grant 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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