Richest & Poorest Counties in West Virginia

Name: West Virginia County Income Rankings
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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West Virginia has 55 counties. The wealthiest county by median household income is Jefferson County at $98,806 , while the lowest-income county is McDowell County at $31,559 . The statewide median household income is $59,608, compared to the national median of $75,149.

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West Virginia — Median Household Income by County

Source: U.S. Census Bureau — ACS 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates subject to margin of error.

32K 48K 53K 57K 62K 99K

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West Virginia — Median Home Value by County

Source: U.S. Census Bureau — ACS 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates subject to margin of error.

50K 109K 132K 152K 167K 351K

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West Virginia — Per Capita Income by County

Source: U.S. Census Bureau — ACS 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates subject to margin of error.

17K 27K 30K 33K 36K 47K

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West Virginia — Poverty Rate by County

Source: U.S. Census Bureau — ACS 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates subject to margin of error.

9% 14% 16% 19% 22% 34%

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Richest Counties in West Virginia

Top 10 counties ranked by median household income.

#	County	Income	Home Value	Per Capita	Poverty
1	Jefferson County	$98,806	$350,800	$46,514	8.7%
2	Berkeley County	$80,815	$266,300	$38,914	11.1%
3	Putnam County	$79,527	$223,300	$41,822	10.6%
4	Morgan County	$72,179	$240,600	$36,317	11.2%
5	Mineral County	$69,375	$180,400	$38,731	14.0%
6	Marion County	$67,370	$166,700	$34,952	13.6%
7	Monongalia County	$65,346	$267,700	$42,045	19.7%
8	Pendleton County	$64,931	$183,800	$33,377	16.6%
9	Tyler County	$63,693	$121,300	$35,594	20.2%
10	Hampshire County	$63,116	$219,200	$34,465	13.1%

Poorest Counties in West Virginia

Bottom 10 counties ranked by median household income.

#	County	Income	Home Value	Per Capita	Poverty
55	McDowell County	$31,559	$50,000	$17,253	34.2%
54	Mingo County	$38,119	$90,500	$23,977	32.4%
53	Summers County	$40,699	$140,100	$25,658	23.8%
52	Pocahontas County	$42,119	$152,400	$24,646	22.5%
51	Clay County	$42,318	$109,100	$24,781	26.4%
50	Webster County	$43,839	$76,100	$24,990	23.3%
49	Calhoun County	$43,980	$100,500	$31,472	32.9%
48	Roane County	$45,778	$122,100	$27,304	19.1%
47	Lincoln County	$46,205	$105,300	$25,319	23.2%
46	Gilmer County	$47,981	$83,800	$20,425	19.0%

All 55 Counties Ranked

Every county in West Virginia ranked by median household income. Click any county for its full profile.

#	County	Income	Home Value	Per Capita	Poverty
1	Jefferson County	$98,806	$350,800	$46,514	8.7%
2	Berkeley County	$80,815	$266,300	$38,914	11.1%
3	Putnam County	$79,527	$223,300	$41,822	10.6%
4	Morgan County	$72,179	$240,600	$36,317	11.2%
5	Mineral County	$69,375	$180,400	$38,731	14.0%
6	Marion County	$67,370	$166,700	$34,952	13.6%
7	Monongalia County	$65,346	$267,700	$42,045	19.7%
8	Pendleton County	$64,931	$183,800	$33,377	16.6%
9	Tyler County	$63,693	$121,300	$35,594	20.2%
10	Hampshire County	$63,116	$219,200	$34,465	13.1%
11	Grant County	$62,361	$175,100	$30,795	13.3%
12	Preston County	$61,880	$162,800	$29,033	13.8%
13	Hancock County	$61,466	$130,800	$37,064	14.5%
14	Kanawha County	$60,943	$147,300	$37,354	15.7%
15	Pleasants County	$60,932	$151,000	$39,036	11.6%
16	Harrison County	$60,377	$166,200	$35,791	14.4%
17	Marshall County	$59,169	$149,800	$34,200	16.8%
18	Wayne County	$58,878	$127,100	$32,910	14.6%
19	Jackson County	$58,845	$157,200	$34,967	18.5%
20	Wood County	$57,810	$158,500	$34,707	14.7%
21	Taylor County	$57,795	$148,800	$32,176	13.9%
22	Doddridge County	$57,401	$160,800	$30,062	14.8%
23	Ohio County	$57,094	$166,000	$38,134	17.7%
24	Boone County	$57,093	$93,100	$28,780	16.2%
25	Wetzel County	$56,836	$107,900	$31,337	16.0%
26	Monroe County	$56,750	$156,300	$27,995	14.0%
27	Lewis County	$56,477	$151,800	$34,362	16.1%
28	Cabell County	$55,832	$164,400	$34,510	19.2%
29	Nicholas County	$54,639	$121,600	$32,265	15.4%
30	Upshur County	$54,338	$170,800	$30,013	19.2%
31	Brooke County	$54,316	$141,500	$34,184	13.1%
32	Tucker County	$53,358	$154,800	$34,950	15.3%
33	Mercer County	$53,210	$121,700	$30,362	16.5%
34	Fayette County	$53,194	$105,800	$28,113	19.2%
35	Randolph County	$52,757	$144,800	$29,069	15.9%
36	Raleigh County	$52,150	$150,900	$28,797	22.8%
37	Barbour County	$51,394	$131,900	$28,037	20.0%
38	Ritchie County	$50,582	$115,900	$27,681	21.6%
39	Braxton County	$50,331	$117,900	$25,639	20.4%
40	Wirt County	$49,867	$115,800	$26,269	16.8%
41	Mason County	$49,761	$120,300	$29,428	19.4%
42	Logan County	$49,723	$103,400	$30,056	21.8%
43	Hardy County	$49,272	$166,300	$29,801	17.7%
44	Wyoming County	$48,440	$82,900	$24,030	22.6%
45	Greenbrier County	$48,218	$149,000	$31,258	21.8%
46	Gilmer County	$47,981	$83,800	$20,425	19.0%
47	Lincoln County	$46,205	$105,300	$25,319	23.2%
48	Roane County	$45,778	$122,100	$27,304	19.1%
49	Calhoun County	$43,980	$100,500	$31,472	32.9%
50	Webster County	$43,839	$76,100	$24,990	23.3%
51	Clay County	$42,318	$109,100	$24,781	26.4%
52	Pocahontas County	$42,119	$152,400	$24,646	22.5%
53	Summers County	$40,699	$140,100	$25,658	23.8%
54	Mingo County	$38,119	$90,500	$23,977	32.4%
55	McDowell County	$31,559	$50,000	$17,253	34.2%

Richest Counties in West Virginia

Top 10 counties ranked by median home value.

#	County	Income	Home Value	Per Capita	Poverty
1	Jefferson County	$98,806	$350,800	$46,514	8.7%
2	Monongalia County	$65,346	$267,700	$42,045	19.7%
3	Berkeley County	$80,815	$266,300	$38,914	11.1%
4	Morgan County	$72,179	$240,600	$36,317	11.2%
5	Putnam County	$79,527	$223,300	$41,822	10.6%
6	Hampshire County	$63,116	$219,200	$34,465	13.1%
7	Pendleton County	$64,931	$183,800	$33,377	16.6%
8	Mineral County	$69,375	$180,400	$38,731	14.0%
9	Grant County	$62,361	$175,100	$30,795	13.3%
10	Upshur County	$54,338	$170,800	$30,013	19.2%

Poorest Counties in West Virginia

Bottom 10 counties ranked by median home value.

#	County	Income	Home Value	Per Capita	Poverty
55	McDowell County	$31,559	$50,000	$17,253	34.2%
54	Webster County	$43,839	$76,100	$24,990	23.3%
53	Wyoming County	$48,440	$82,900	$24,030	22.6%
52	Gilmer County	$47,981	$83,800	$20,425	19.0%
51	Mingo County	$38,119	$90,500	$23,977	32.4%
50	Boone County	$57,093	$93,100	$28,780	16.2%
49	Calhoun County	$43,980	$100,500	$31,472	32.9%
48	Logan County	$49,723	$103,400	$30,056	21.8%
47	Lincoln County	$46,205	$105,300	$25,319	23.2%
46	Fayette County	$53,194	$105,800	$28,113	19.2%

All 55 Counties Ranked

Every county in West Virginia ranked by median home value. Click any county for its full profile.

#	County	Income	Home Value	Per Capita	Poverty
1	Jefferson County	$98,806	$350,800	$46,514	8.7%
2	Monongalia County	$65,346	$267,700	$42,045	19.7%
3	Berkeley County	$80,815	$266,300	$38,914	11.1%
4	Morgan County	$72,179	$240,600	$36,317	11.2%
5	Putnam County	$79,527	$223,300	$41,822	10.6%
6	Hampshire County	$63,116	$219,200	$34,465	13.1%
7	Pendleton County	$64,931	$183,800	$33,377	16.6%
8	Mineral County	$69,375	$180,400	$38,731	14.0%
9	Grant County	$62,361	$175,100	$30,795	13.3%
10	Upshur County	$54,338	$170,800	$30,013	19.2%
11	Marion County	$67,370	$166,700	$34,952	13.6%
12	Hardy County	$49,272	$166,300	$29,801	17.7%
13	Harrison County	$60,377	$166,200	$35,791	14.4%
14	Ohio County	$57,094	$166,000	$38,134	17.7%
15	Cabell County	$55,832	$164,400	$34,510	19.2%
16	Preston County	$61,880	$162,800	$29,033	13.8%
17	Doddridge County	$57,401	$160,800	$30,062	14.8%
18	Wood County	$57,810	$158,500	$34,707	14.7%
19	Jackson County	$58,845	$157,200	$34,967	18.5%
20	Monroe County	$56,750	$156,300	$27,995	14.0%
21	Tucker County	$53,358	$154,800	$34,950	15.3%
22	Pocahontas County	$42,119	$152,400	$24,646	22.5%
23	Lewis County	$56,477	$151,800	$34,362	16.1%
24	Pleasants County	$60,932	$151,000	$39,036	11.6%
25	Raleigh County	$52,150	$150,900	$28,797	22.8%
26	Marshall County	$59,169	$149,800	$34,200	16.8%
27	Greenbrier County	$48,218	$149,000	$31,258	21.8%
28	Taylor County	$57,795	$148,800	$32,176	13.9%
29	Kanawha County	$60,943	$147,300	$37,354	15.7%
30	Randolph County	$52,757	$144,800	$29,069	15.9%
31	Brooke County	$54,316	$141,500	$34,184	13.1%
32	Summers County	$40,699	$140,100	$25,658	23.8%
33	Barbour County	$51,394	$131,900	$28,037	20.0%
34	Hancock County	$61,466	$130,800	$37,064	14.5%
35	Wayne County	$58,878	$127,100	$32,910	14.6%
36	Roane County	$45,778	$122,100	$27,304	19.1%
37	Mercer County	$53,210	$121,700	$30,362	16.5%
38	Nicholas County	$54,639	$121,600	$32,265	15.4%
39	Tyler County	$63,693	$121,300	$35,594	20.2%
40	Mason County	$49,761	$120,300	$29,428	19.4%
41	Braxton County	$50,331	$117,900	$25,639	20.4%
42	Ritchie County	$50,582	$115,900	$27,681	21.6%
43	Wirt County	$49,867	$115,800	$26,269	16.8%
44	Clay County	$42,318	$109,100	$24,781	26.4%
45	Wetzel County	$56,836	$107,900	$31,337	16.0%
46	Fayette County	$53,194	$105,800	$28,113	19.2%
47	Lincoln County	$46,205	$105,300	$25,319	23.2%
48	Logan County	$49,723	$103,400	$30,056	21.8%
49	Calhoun County	$43,980	$100,500	$31,472	32.9%
50	Boone County	$57,093	$93,100	$28,780	16.2%
51	Mingo County	$38,119	$90,500	$23,977	32.4%
52	Gilmer County	$47,981	$83,800	$20,425	19.0%
53	Wyoming County	$48,440	$82,900	$24,030	22.6%
54	Webster County	$43,839	$76,100	$24,990	23.3%
55	McDowell County	$31,559	$50,000	$17,253	34.2%

Richest Counties in West Virginia

Top 10 counties ranked by per capita income.

#	County	Income	Home Value	Per Capita	Poverty
1	Jefferson County	$98,806	$350,800	$46,514	8.7%
2	Monongalia County	$65,346	$267,700	$42,045	19.7%
3	Putnam County	$79,527	$223,300	$41,822	10.6%
4	Pleasants County	$60,932	$151,000	$39,036	11.6%
5	Berkeley County	$80,815	$266,300	$38,914	11.1%
6	Mineral County	$69,375	$180,400	$38,731	14.0%
7	Ohio County	$57,094	$166,000	$38,134	17.7%
8	Kanawha County	$60,943	$147,300	$37,354	15.7%
9	Hancock County	$61,466	$130,800	$37,064	14.5%
10	Morgan County	$72,179	$240,600	$36,317	11.2%

Poorest Counties in West Virginia

Bottom 10 counties ranked by per capita income.

#	County	Income	Home Value	Per Capita	Poverty
55	McDowell County	$31,559	$50,000	$17,253	34.2%
54	Gilmer County	$47,981	$83,800	$20,425	19.0%
53	Mingo County	$38,119	$90,500	$23,977	32.4%
52	Wyoming County	$48,440	$82,900	$24,030	22.6%
51	Pocahontas County	$42,119	$152,400	$24,646	22.5%
50	Clay County	$42,318	$109,100	$24,781	26.4%
49	Webster County	$43,839	$76,100	$24,990	23.3%
48	Lincoln County	$46,205	$105,300	$25,319	23.2%
47	Braxton County	$50,331	$117,900	$25,639	20.4%
46	Summers County	$40,699	$140,100	$25,658	23.8%

All 55 Counties Ranked

Every county in West Virginia ranked by per capita income. Click any county for its full profile.

#	County	Income	Home Value	Per Capita	Poverty
1	Jefferson County	$98,806	$350,800	$46,514	8.7%
2	Monongalia County	$65,346	$267,700	$42,045	19.7%
3	Putnam County	$79,527	$223,300	$41,822	10.6%
4	Pleasants County	$60,932	$151,000	$39,036	11.6%
5	Berkeley County	$80,815	$266,300	$38,914	11.1%
6	Mineral County	$69,375	$180,400	$38,731	14.0%
7	Ohio County	$57,094	$166,000	$38,134	17.7%
8	Kanawha County	$60,943	$147,300	$37,354	15.7%
9	Hancock County	$61,466	$130,800	$37,064	14.5%
10	Morgan County	$72,179	$240,600	$36,317	11.2%
11	Harrison County	$60,377	$166,200	$35,791	14.4%
12	Tyler County	$63,693	$121,300	$35,594	20.2%
13	Jackson County	$58,845	$157,200	$34,967	18.5%
14	Marion County	$67,370	$166,700	$34,952	13.6%
15	Tucker County	$53,358	$154,800	$34,950	15.3%
16	Wood County	$57,810	$158,500	$34,707	14.7%
17	Cabell County	$55,832	$164,400	$34,510	19.2%
18	Hampshire County	$63,116	$219,200	$34,465	13.1%
19	Lewis County	$56,477	$151,800	$34,362	16.1%
20	Marshall County	$59,169	$149,800	$34,200	16.8%
21	Brooke County	$54,316	$141,500	$34,184	13.1%
22	Pendleton County	$64,931	$183,800	$33,377	16.6%
23	Wayne County	$58,878	$127,100	$32,910	14.6%
24	Nicholas County	$54,639	$121,600	$32,265	15.4%
25	Taylor County	$57,795	$148,800	$32,176	13.9%
26	Calhoun County	$43,980	$100,500	$31,472	32.9%
27	Wetzel County	$56,836	$107,900	$31,337	16.0%
28	Greenbrier County	$48,218	$149,000	$31,258	21.8%
29	Grant County	$62,361	$175,100	$30,795	13.3%
30	Mercer County	$53,210	$121,700	$30,362	16.5%
31	Doddridge County	$57,401	$160,800	$30,062	14.8%
32	Logan County	$49,723	$103,400	$30,056	21.8%
33	Upshur County	$54,338	$170,800	$30,013	19.2%
34	Hardy County	$49,272	$166,300	$29,801	17.7%
35	Mason County	$49,761	$120,300	$29,428	19.4%
36	Randolph County	$52,757	$144,800	$29,069	15.9%
37	Preston County	$61,880	$162,800	$29,033	13.8%
38	Raleigh County	$52,150	$150,900	$28,797	22.8%
39	Boone County	$57,093	$93,100	$28,780	16.2%
40	Fayette County	$53,194	$105,800	$28,113	19.2%
41	Barbour County	$51,394	$131,900	$28,037	20.0%
42	Monroe County	$56,750	$156,300	$27,995	14.0%
43	Ritchie County	$50,582	$115,900	$27,681	21.6%
44	Roane County	$45,778	$122,100	$27,304	19.1%
45	Wirt County	$49,867	$115,800	$26,269	16.8%
46	Summers County	$40,699	$140,100	$25,658	23.8%
47	Braxton County	$50,331	$117,900	$25,639	20.4%
48	Lincoln County	$46,205	$105,300	$25,319	23.2%
49	Webster County	$43,839	$76,100	$24,990	23.3%
50	Clay County	$42,318	$109,100	$24,781	26.4%
51	Pocahontas County	$42,119	$152,400	$24,646	22.5%
52	Wyoming County	$48,440	$82,900	$24,030	22.6%
53	Mingo County	$38,119	$90,500	$23,977	32.4%
54	Gilmer County	$47,981	$83,800	$20,425	19.0%
55	McDowell County	$31,559	$50,000	$17,253	34.2%

Richest Counties in West Virginia

Top 10 counties ranked by poverty rate.

#	County	Income	Home Value	Per Capita	Poverty
1	Jefferson County	$98,806	$350,800	$46,514	8.7%
2	Putnam County	$79,527	$223,300	$41,822	10.6%
3	Berkeley County	$80,815	$266,300	$38,914	11.1%
4	Morgan County	$72,179	$240,600	$36,317	11.2%
5	Pleasants County	$60,932	$151,000	$39,036	11.6%
6	Hampshire County	$63,116	$219,200	$34,465	13.1%
7	Brooke County	$54,316	$141,500	$34,184	13.1%
8	Grant County	$62,361	$175,100	$30,795	13.3%
9	Marion County	$67,370	$166,700	$34,952	13.6%
10	Preston County	$61,880	$162,800	$29,033	13.8%

Poorest Counties in West Virginia

Bottom 10 counties ranked by poverty rate.

#	County	Income	Home Value	Per Capita	Poverty
55	McDowell County	$31,559	$50,000	$17,253	34.2%
54	Calhoun County	$43,980	$100,500	$31,472	32.9%
53	Mingo County	$38,119	$90,500	$23,977	32.4%
52	Clay County	$42,318	$109,100	$24,781	26.4%
51	Summers County	$40,699	$140,100	$25,658	23.8%
50	Webster County	$43,839	$76,100	$24,990	23.3%
49	Lincoln County	$46,205	$105,300	$25,319	23.2%
48	Raleigh County	$52,150	$150,900	$28,797	22.8%
47	Wyoming County	$48,440	$82,900	$24,030	22.6%
46	Pocahontas County	$42,119	$152,400	$24,646	22.5%

All 55 Counties Ranked

Every county in West Virginia ranked by poverty rate. Click any county for its full profile.

#	County	Income	Home Value	Per Capita	Poverty
1	Jefferson County	$98,806	$350,800	$46,514	8.7%
2	Putnam County	$79,527	$223,300	$41,822	10.6%
3	Berkeley County	$80,815	$266,300	$38,914	11.1%
4	Morgan County	$72,179	$240,600	$36,317	11.2%
5	Pleasants County	$60,932	$151,000	$39,036	11.6%
6	Hampshire County	$63,116	$219,200	$34,465	13.1%
7	Brooke County	$54,316	$141,500	$34,184	13.1%
8	Grant County	$62,361	$175,100	$30,795	13.3%
9	Marion County	$67,370	$166,700	$34,952	13.6%
10	Preston County	$61,880	$162,800	$29,033	13.8%
11	Taylor County	$57,795	$148,800	$32,176	13.9%
12	Monroe County	$56,750	$156,300	$27,995	14.0%
13	Mineral County	$69,375	$180,400	$38,731	14.0%
14	Harrison County	$60,377	$166,200	$35,791	14.4%
15	Hancock County	$61,466	$130,800	$37,064	14.5%
16	Wayne County	$58,878	$127,100	$32,910	14.6%
17	Wood County	$57,810	$158,500	$34,707	14.7%
18	Doddridge County	$57,401	$160,800	$30,062	14.8%
19	Tucker County	$53,358	$154,800	$34,950	15.3%
20	Nicholas County	$54,639	$121,600	$32,265	15.4%
21	Kanawha County	$60,943	$147,300	$37,354	15.7%
22	Randolph County	$52,757	$144,800	$29,069	15.9%
23	Wetzel County	$56,836	$107,900	$31,337	16.0%
24	Lewis County	$56,477	$151,800	$34,362	16.1%
25	Boone County	$57,093	$93,100	$28,780	16.2%
26	Mercer County	$53,210	$121,700	$30,362	16.5%
27	Pendleton County	$64,931	$183,800	$33,377	16.6%
28	Marshall County	$59,169	$149,800	$34,200	16.8%
29	Wirt County	$49,867	$115,800	$26,269	16.8%
30	Ohio County	$57,094	$166,000	$38,134	17.7%
31	Hardy County	$49,272	$166,300	$29,801	17.7%
32	Jackson County	$58,845	$157,200	$34,967	18.5%
33	Gilmer County	$47,981	$83,800	$20,425	19.0%
34	Roane County	$45,778	$122,100	$27,304	19.1%
35	Cabell County	$55,832	$164,400	$34,510	19.2%
36	Fayette County	$53,194	$105,800	$28,113	19.2%
37	Upshur County	$54,338	$170,800	$30,013	19.2%
38	Mason County	$49,761	$120,300	$29,428	19.4%
39	Monongalia County	$65,346	$267,700	$42,045	19.7%
40	Barbour County	$51,394	$131,900	$28,037	20.0%
41	Tyler County	$63,693	$121,300	$35,594	20.2%
42	Braxton County	$50,331	$117,900	$25,639	20.4%
43	Ritchie County	$50,582	$115,900	$27,681	21.6%
44	Logan County	$49,723	$103,400	$30,056	21.8%
45	Greenbrier County	$48,218	$149,000	$31,258	21.8%
46	Pocahontas County	$42,119	$152,400	$24,646	22.5%
47	Wyoming County	$48,440	$82,900	$24,030	22.6%
48	Raleigh County	$52,150	$150,900	$28,797	22.8%
49	Lincoln County	$46,205	$105,300	$25,319	23.2%
50	Webster County	$43,839	$76,100	$24,990	23.3%
51	Summers County	$40,699	$140,100	$25,658	23.8%
52	Clay County	$42,318	$109,100	$24,781	26.4%
53	Mingo County	$38,119	$90,500	$23,977	32.4%
54	Calhoun County	$43,980	$100,500	$31,472	32.9%
55	McDowell County	$31,559	$50,000	$17,253	34.2%

About This Data

All figures are estimates from the American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates, published by the U.S. Census Bureau. Values are subject to sampling variability and margin of error.

Rankings are within West Virginia only and may differ from national rankings. For more information, see our methodology.