Tucker County, West Virginia

Tucker County has a population of 6,654 and has shrunk 3.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $154,800, about 2.9 times the county's median household income of $53,358.

Home price
$154,800
Income
$53,358
Population
6,654
Unemployment
6.1%

Housing

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

Median home price$154,800county
Median gross rent$656county
Median year homes here were built1983county
Share of homes built before 198042.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile8.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant39.0%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented19.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use31.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,273(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$869county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$699county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,209county
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$53,358county
Family health premium / yr$25,483(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,692(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.838(statewide)
Poverty rate15.3%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 home10.6%county
Unemployment rate6.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force50.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.1%county
Share of workers employed by government24.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.8%county
Economic output per resident$61,002county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.37%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 time27.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service36 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport42288county
Miles to nearest general aviation field21 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station59 micounty
Households without a vehicle12.1%county
Traffic deaths0.0county
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 higher23.6%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.6%county
Public schools in the county3county
Public school enrollment918county
Students per full-time teacher11.2county
Elementary schools2county
Middle schools0county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution18 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians60county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter5.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.8%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year14.9%county
Frequent mental distress18.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity28.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes16.0%county

Place

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

Population6,654county
Land area in square miles419county
People per square mile of land15.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store5.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-3.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-10county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age51.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1814.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over28.2%county
Share of households that are one person35.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.9%county
Second languages1.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls46.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents532county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents9county
Households that moved in126county
Households that moved away122county
Average income of arriving households$61,563county
Average income of departing households$58,459county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1county
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 temperature49.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation49.5 incounty
Annual snowfall146.6 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.83 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F0 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing145 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days154 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 9county
Average first fall frostOct 10county

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 electricity21.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas48.8%county
Homes heated by propane11.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil2.0%county
Homes heated by wood13.3%county
Households with broadband81.8%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk39.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk28.8county
Landslide risk78.0county
Hail risk18.0county
Earthquake risk16.1county
Tornado risk8.6county
Tropical cyclone risk47.1county
Extreme heat risk2.7county
Winter weather risk28.5county
Strong wind risk11.9county
Wildfire risk10.1county

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 Tucker 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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