Upshur County, West Virginia

Upshur County has a population of 23,712 and has shrunk 0.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $170,800, about 3.1 times the county's median household income of $54,338.

Home price
$170,800
Income
$54,338
Population
23,712
Unemployment
5.7%

Housing

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

Median home price$170,800county
Median gross rent$886county
Median year homes here were built1979county
Share of homes built before 198051.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile21.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant15.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented19.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use5.3%county
Typical monthly rent$925county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$961county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$732county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,205county
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$54,338county
Family health premium / yr$25,483(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,692(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.838(statewide)
Poverty rate19.2%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 home11.0%county
Unemployment rate5.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force49.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.3%county
Share of workers employed by government18.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry30.7%county
Economic output per resident$44,425county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.42%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 time28.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service24 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport42288county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.1 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 station80 micounty
Households without a vehicle8.2%county
Traffic deaths12.7county
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 higher18.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher88.5%county
Public schools in the county9county
Public school enrollment3385county
Students per full-time teacher15.4county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians59county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter6.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year16.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year19.3%county
Frequent mental distress21.8%county
No leisure-time physical activity36.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes16.8%county

Place

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

Population23,712county
Land area in square miles355county
People per square mile of land66.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store4.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-0.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age42.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over21.8%county
Share of households that are one person29.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.9%county
Second languages1.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls32.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents273county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents6county
Households that moved in354county
Households that moved away415county
Average income of arriving households$44,155county
Average income of departing households$44,258county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year30county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings6.7%county
Violent crime rate249(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature53°Fcounty
Annual precipitation49.9 incounty
Annual snowfall48.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.90 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F6 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing114 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days169 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 4county
Average first fall frostOct 21county

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 electricity36.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas41.1%county
Homes heated by propane11.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood6.6%county
Households with broadband86.1%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk68.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk41.9county
Landslide risk90.4county
Hail risk34.4county
Earthquake risk33.4county
Tornado risk12.8county
Tropical cyclone risk47.8county
Extreme heat risk11.0county
Winter weather risk41.4county
Strong wind risk18.9county
Wildfire risk10.7county

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 Upshur 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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