Poverty Rate in Pendleton County, WV
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.6%
Rank #2,225/3,222 · #27 in WV
31th
Pendleton 16.6%
WV 16.7% -1.0%
US 12.6% +31.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Pendleton County's poverty rate of 16.6% 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 Pendleton County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,222 | Wichita County, KS | 16.5% |
| #2,223 | Pulaski County, GA | 16.5% |
| #2,224 | Garden County, NE | 16.5% |
| #2,225 | Pendleton County, WV | 16.6% |
| #2,226 | Haskell County, TX | 16.6% |
| #2,227 | Sumter County, SC | 16.6% |
| #2,228 | Scott County, IN | 16.6% |
About Poverty Rate
Pendleton County, West Virginia has a poverty rate of 16.6%, ranking #2,225 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 31.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within West Virginia, it ranks #27 of 55. This places it in the 31th 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.