Harrison County, West Virginia

Harrison County has a population of 64,984 and has shrunk 2.6% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $166,200, about 2.8 times the county's median household income of $60,377.

Home price
$166,200
Income
$60,377
Population
64,984
Unemployment
4.0%

Housing

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

Median home price$166,200county
Median gross rent$879county
Median year homes here were built1965county
Share of homes built before 198067.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented26.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.7%county
Typical monthly rent$1,113county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$955county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$843county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,264county
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$60,377county
Family health premium / yr$25,483(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,692(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.838(statewide)
Poverty rate14.4%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 home8.3%county
Unemployment rate4.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.3%county
Share of workers employed by government23.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.3%county
Economic output per resident$93,063county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.55%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 time22.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service6.0 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport42288county
Miles to nearest general aviation field8.8 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station64 micounty
Households without a vehicle9.5%county
Traffic deaths15.4county
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 higher27.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher89.8%county
Public schools in the county25county
Public school enrollment9414county
Students per full-time teacher12.9county
Elementary schools12county
Middle schools5county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions2county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution12 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians126county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here5county
Fine particulate matter6.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year15.0%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year16.4%county
Frequent mental distress19.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity30.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.6%county

Place

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

Population64,984county
Land area in square miles416county
People per square mile of land156.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores11county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store9.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-2.6%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age42.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over20.3%county
Share of households that are one person35.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.2%county
Second languages2.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls57.9%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents243county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in1,376county
Households that moved away1,286county
Average income of arriving households$52,378county
Average income of departing households$60,299county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year192county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings58.3%county
Violent crime rate249(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature53.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation44.9 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.91 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F26 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing112 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days180 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 27county
Average first fall frostOct 23county

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 electricity18.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas77.8%county
Homes heated by propane2.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood1.0%county
Households with broadband86.4%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk86.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk35.3county
Landslide risk84.7county
Hail risk74.2county
Earthquake risk51.9county
Tornado risk35.0county
Tropical cyclone risk60.6county
Extreme heat risk39.4county
Winter weather risk58.4county
Strong wind risk44.5county
Wildfire risk25.2county

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 Harrison 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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