Raleigh County, West Virginia

Raleigh County has a population of 73,195 and has shrunk 3.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $150,900, about 2.9 times the county's median household income of $52,150.

Home price
$150,900
Income
$52,150
Population
73,195
Unemployment
5.0%

Housing

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

Median home price$150,900county
Median gross rent$902county
Median year homes here were built1977county
Share of homes built before 198056.7%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile16.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant16.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,111county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$944county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$719county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,313county
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$52,150county
Family health premium / yr$25,483(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,692(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.838(statewide)
Poverty rate22.8%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 home8.4%county
Unemployment rate5.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force48.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed3.5%county
Share of workers employed by government20.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry30.3%county
Economic output per resident$61,918county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.50%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 time23.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service4.3 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport5918county
Miles to nearest general aviation field23 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station9.7 micounty
Households without a vehicle8.9%county
Traffic deaths80.6county
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 higher22.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher85.9%county
Public schools in the county26county
Public school enrollment10350county
Students per full-time teacher13.1county
Elementary schools17county
Middle schools5county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public75.0%county
Two-year institutions2county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians77county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter6.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year19.3%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year21.5%county
Frequent mental distress20.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity34.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes17.1%county

Place

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

Population73,195county
Land area in square miles605county
People per square mile of land121.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores13county
Convenience stores9county
Share living far from a food store26.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract23.9%county
Population change since 2020-3.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-6county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age42.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over22.1%county
Share of households that are one person30.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.5%county
Second languages2.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls32.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents178county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents0county
Households that moved in1,205county
Households that moved away1,209county
Average income of arriving households$46,785county
Average income of departing households$49,988county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year50county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate249(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature52.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation45.8 incounty
Annual snowfall50.8 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.01 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F1 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing112 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days175 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 28county
Average first fall frostOct 20county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$152county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh16.1¢county
Household electricity use941 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.45(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity55.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas36.3%county
Homes heated by propane1.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.9%county
Homes heated by wood3.2%county
Households with broadband76.3%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk80.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk18.4county
Landslide risk92.1county
Hail risk44.8county
Earthquake risk70.4county
Tornado risk15.6county
Tropical cyclone risk52.9county
Extreme heat risk13.4county
Winter weather risk79.3county
Strong wind risk59.8county
Wildfire risk75.1county

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 Raleigh 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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