Poverty Rate in Summers County, WV
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
23.8%
Rank #2,939/3,222 · #51 in WV
9th
Summers 23.8%
WV 16.7% +42.4%
US 12.6% +88.8%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Summers County's poverty rate of 23.8% 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 Summers County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,936 | Sumter County, GA | 23.7% |
| #2,937 | Miller County, GA | 23.8% |
| #2,938 | Bath County, VA | 23.8% |
| #2,939 | Summers County, WV | 23.8% |
| #2,940 | Jeff Davis County, TX | 23.9% |
| #2,941 | Pickett County, TN | 23.9% |
| #2,942 | Montgomery County, VA | 23.9% |
About Poverty Rate
Summers County, West Virginia has a poverty rate of 23.8%, ranking #2,939 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 88.8% above the national value of 12.6%. Within West Virginia, it ranks #51 of 55. This places it in the 9th 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.