Unemployment Rate in Wetzel County, WV
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.4%
Rank #2,270/3,222 · #23 in WV
30th
Wetzel 5.4%
WV 5.4% +0.4%
US 5.3% +2.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Wetzel County's unemployment rate of 5.4% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Wetzel County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,267 | Hocking County, OH | 5.4% |
| #2,268 | Garden County, NE | 5.4% |
| #2,269 | Wayne County, IN | 5.4% |
| #2,270 | Wetzel County, WV | 5.4% |
| #2,271 | Berks County, PA | 5.4% |
| #2,272 | Broward County, FL | 5.4% |
| #2,273 | Nevada County, CA | 5.4% |
About Unemployment Rate
Wetzel County, West Virginia has a unemployment rate of 5.4%, ranking #2,270 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 2.3% above the national value of 5.3%. Within West Virginia, it ranks #23 of 55. This places it in the 30th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. 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.