Hancock County, West Virginia

Hancock County has a population of 28,431 and has shrunk 4.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $130,800, about 2.1 times the county's median household income of $61,466.

Home price
$130,800
Income
$61,466
Population
28,431
Unemployment
8.4%

Housing

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

Median home price$130,800county
Median gross rent$771county
Median year homes here were built1959county
Share of homes built before 198080.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented25.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.0%county
Typical monthly rent$725county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$973county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$757county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,285county
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$61,466county
Family health premium / yr$25,483(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,692(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.838(statewide)
Poverty rate14.5%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 home10.1%county
Unemployment rate8.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force57.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed2.7%county
Share of workers employed by government16.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry23.4%county
Economic output per resident$43,916county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.63%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 time25.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service18 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport4862376county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.1 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 station30 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.4%county
Traffic deaths17.6county
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 higher19.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.9%county
Public schools in the county7county
Public school enrollment3342county
Students per full-time teacher12.4county
Elementary schools3county
Middle schools2county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution7.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians59county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here1county
Fine particulate matter7.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year14.8%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year16.1%county
Frequent mental distress20.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity33.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes16.8%county

Place

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

Population28,431county
Land area in square miles83county
People per square mile of land344.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores7county
Convenience stores3county
Share living far from a food store9.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-4.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-8county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age47.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1818.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over24.6%county
Share of households that are one person35.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.9%county
Second languages1.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls48.5%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents179county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-1county
Households that moved in708county
Households that moved away653county
Average income of arriving households$48,480county
Average income of departing households$44,018county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year14county
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 temperature50.9°Fcounty
Annual precipitation33.3 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.80 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F8 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing119 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days198 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 20county
Average first fall frostNov 3county

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 electricity23.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas64.9%county
Homes heated by propane5.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil3.8%county
Homes heated by wood1.6%county
Households with broadband87.7%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk66.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk66.7county
Hail risk51.2county
Earthquake risk30.6county
Tornado risk23.0county
Tropical cyclone risk51.3county
Extreme heat risk27.1county
Winter weather risk12.5county
Strong wind risk24.0county
Wildfire risk16.5county

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 Hancock 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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