Poverty Rate in Wirt County, WV
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
16.8%
Rank #2,272/3,222 · #29 in WV
29th
Wirt 16.8%
WV 16.7% +0.7%
US 12.6% +33.6%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Wirt County's poverty rate of 16.8% 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 Wirt County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,269 | Fayette County, PA | 16.8% |
| #2,270 | Marshall County, WV | 16.8% |
| #2,271 | Smyth County, VA | 16.8% |
| #2,272 | Wirt County, WV | 16.8% |
| #2,273 | Phillips County, CO | 16.8% |
| #2,274 | Tuscaloosa County, AL | 16.8% |
| #2,275 | Henderson County, TN | 16.9% |
About Poverty Rate
Wirt County, West Virginia has a poverty rate of 16.8%, ranking #2,272 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 33.6% above the national value of 12.6%. Within West Virginia, it ranks #29 of 55. This places it in the 29th 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.