Wood County, West Virginia

Wood County has a population of 83,407 and has shrunk 2.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $158,500, about 2.7 times the county's median household income of $57,810.

Home price
$158,500
Income
$57,810
Population
83,407
Unemployment
5.4%

Housing

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

Median home price$158,500county
Median gross rent$822county
Median year homes here were built1970county
Share of homes built before 198066.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant11.0%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.9%county
Typical monthly rent$1,003county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$928county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$745county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,194county
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$57,810county
Family health premium / yr$25,483(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,692(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.838(statewide)
Poverty rate14.7%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 home9.9%county
Unemployment rate5.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed3.2%county
Share of workers employed by government17.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.8%county
Economic output per resident$56,862county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.59%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 time20.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service7.3 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport4356county
Miles to nearest general aviation field28 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 station64 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.3%county
Traffic deaths30.0county
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 higher24.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher91.2%county
Public schools in the county25county
Public school enrollment11098county
Students per full-time teacher13.6county
Elementary schools16county
Middle schools5county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public200.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution4.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians86county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter7.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year15.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year17.3%county
Frequent mental distress20.8%county
No leisure-time physical activity31.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.5%county

Place

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

Population83,407county
Land area in square miles366county
People per square mile of land228.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores10county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store9.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-2.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age43.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over21.6%county
Share of households that are one person33.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.0%county
Second languages1.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls49.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents209county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents1county
Households that moved in1,455county
Households that moved away1,483county
Average income of arriving households$47,375county
Average income of departing households$54,871county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes2county
Housing units authorised in the latest year87county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings6.9%county
Violent crime rate249(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature54.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation45.1 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.96 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F21 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing104 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days189 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 20county
Average first fall frostOct 26county

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 electricity21.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas72.9%county
Homes heated by propane2.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood2.0%county
Households with broadband86.6%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk89.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk27.8county
Landslide risk86.9county
Hail risk58.2county
Earthquake risk53.6county
Tornado risk32.9county
Tropical cyclone risk60.0county
Extreme heat risk67.5county
Winter weather risk33.3county
Strong wind risk62.0county
Wildfire risk26.0county

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 Wood 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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