Poverty Rate in Hancock County, WV
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
14.5%
Rank #1,852/3,222 · #15 in WV
43th
Hancock 14.5%
WV 16.7% -13.2%
US 12.6% +15.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Hancock County's poverty rate of 14.5% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Hancock County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,849 | Spartanburg County, SC | 14.5% |
| #1,850 | Bell County, TX | 14.5% |
| #1,851 | Faulkner County, AR | 14.5% |
| #1,852 | Hancock County, WV | 14.5% |
| #1,853 | Mountrail County, ND | 14.5% |
| #1,854 | Forsyth County, NC | 14.5% |
| #1,855 | Crockett County, TN | 14.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Hancock County, West Virginia has a poverty rate of 14.5%, ranking #1,852 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 15.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within West Virginia, it ranks #15 of 55. This places it in the 43th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.