West Virginia Towns & Cities — Cost of Living and Business Climate

TownPopulationHome valueRentIncome

Addison (Webster Springs) 1,038 $89k $657 $33k

Albright 254 $39k $1020 $60k

Alderson 1,383 $130k — $32k

Anawalt 109 — — $38k

Anmoore 522 $90k $813 $28k

Ansted 1,140 $69k $988 $38k

Athens 1,494 $168k $975 $57k

Auburn 91 — $845 —

Bancroft 475 $116k $842 $94k

Barboursville 4,376 $198k $1037 $61k

Barrackville 1,430 $168k $825 $79k

Bath (Berkeley Springs) 975 $185k $762 $39k

Bayard 299 $73k $690 $33k

Beckley 16,818 $158k $869 $46k

Beech Bottom 443 $60k $791 $33k

Belington 1,781 $104k $828 $49k

Belle 1,611 $107k $891 $77k

Belmont 983 $152k $511 $50k

Benwood 1,230 $75k $677 $44k

Bethany 1,039 $111k $639 $60k

Bethlehem 2,592 $200k $1339 $83k

Beverly 629 $118k $519 $30k

Blacksville 55 $96k — —

Bluefield 9,387 $105k $804 $49k

Bolivar 1,215 $252k $1505 $83k

Bradshaw 327 $55k $587 $22k

Bramwell 135 $93k $708 $54k

Brandonville 166 $181k $925 $76k

Bridgeport 9,252 $292k $1105 $100k

Bruceton Mills 71 $129k — $101k

Buckhannon 5,116 $158k $885 $55k

Buffalo 1,150 $133k $546 $65k

Burnsville 547 $109k $755 $56k

Cairo 273 — $488 $66k

Camden-on-Gauley 182 $94k — $56k

Cameron 609 $65k $439 $44k

Capon Bridge 497 $252k $1057 $64k

Carpendale 1,035 $171k $697 $66k

Cedar Grove 489 $91k $627 $45k

Ceredo 1,528 $127k $765 $50k

Chapmanville 928 $130k $623 $41k

Charles Town 7,337 $378k $1115 $89k

Charleston 47,421 $203k $908 $66k

Chesapeake 1,702 $85k $967 $61k

Chester 2,179 $112k $647 $57k

Clarksburg 15,549 $130k $790 $47k

Clay 378 $44k $665 —

Clearview 500 $212k — $82k

Clendenin 903 $116k $820 $70k

Cowen 485 $52k $675 $28k

Danville 549 $92k $530 $24k

Davis 663 $177k $550 $47k

Davy 186 $31k — $33k

Delbarton 333 $85k — $41k

Dunbar 7,254 $120k $935 $58k

Durbin 220 $99k — $60k

East Bank 850 $98k $908 $73k

Eleanor 1,726 $255k $1070 $79k

Elizabeth 564 $87k $552 $22k

Elk Garden 212 $91k — $61k

Elkins 6,811 $153k $903 $44k

Ellenboro 209 $118k $725 $53k

Fairmont 18,221 $164k $916 $63k

Fairview 267 $92k — $56k

Falling Spring 182 $153k — —

Farmington 390 $69k $594 $72k

Fayetteville 2,817 $184k $980 $68k

Flatwoods 319 $146k $728 $54k

Flemington 240 $85k $980 $62k

Follansbee 2,757 $134k $642 $58k

Fort Gay 437 $62k $726 —

Franklin 435 $219k $735 $64k

Friendly 123 $115k $497 —

Gary 861 $51k — $42k

Gassaway 688 $94k $463 $34k

Gauley Bridge 413 $67k $472 $26k

Gilbert 308 $89k $725 $55k

Glasgow 878 $99k $919 $54k

Glen Dale 1,461 $209k $839 $82k

Glenville 1,037 $108k $872 $47k

Grafton 4,618 $75k $512 $40k

Grant Town 506 $105k — $65k

Grantsville 401 $56k — $28k

Granville 1,257 $138k $865 $32k

Hambleton 203 $114k — $49k

Hamlin 1,068 $96k $679 $61k

Handley 418 $52k — $105k

Harman 119 $150k $683 —

Harpers Ferry 350 $529k $1859 $117k

Harrisville 1,574 $123k $566 $48k

Hartford City 557 $82k — $52k

Hedgesville 379 $208k $1357 $89k

Henderson 174 $97k $857 $34k

Hendricks 375 $133k $688 $58k

Hillsboro 194 — — $51k

Hinton 2,086 $93k $951 $38k

Hundred 371 — $365 $46k

Huntington 45,787 $127k $912 $45k

Hurricane 6,855 $211k $878 $71k

Huttonsville 225 — $1091 $36k

Iaeger 253 $58k — $37k

Jane Lew 480 $78k $764 $56k

Junior 281 $44k $627 $21k

Kenova 2,944 $109k $647 $54k

Kermit 153 $113k $782 $36k

Keyser 4,857 $143k $648 $47k

Keystone 39 $31k — $22k

Kimball 231 $30k $613 —

Kingwood 2,973 $162k $664 $71k

Leon 252 — $914 $34k

Lester 377 $89k $850 —

Lewisburg 3,835 $335k $893 $50k

Logan 1,294 $85k $778 $30k

Lost Creek 302 $132k — $79k

Lumberport 703 $126k — $48k

Mabscott 1,396 $160k $980 $58k

Madison 2,788 $148k $944 $59k

Man 1,049 $154k $755 $60k

Mannington 1,829 $106k $762 $54k

Marlinton 1,201 $94k $722 $37k

Marmet 1,524 $95k $854 $52k

Martinsburg 18,904 $240k $1150 $60k

Mason 787 $110k $983 $46k

Masontown 518 $121k $688 $55k

Matewan 505 $112k $355 $16k

Matoaka 30 — — $17k

McMechen 1,826 $97k $625 $40k

Meadow Bridge 504 — $663 $44k

Middlebourne 796 $134k $721 $69k

Mill Creek 659 $95k $857 $48k

Milton 2,817 $144k $1198 $46k

Mitchell Heights 385 $170k — $80k

Monongah 837 $77k $998 $51k

Montgomery 1,516 $133k $671 $28k

Montrose 295 $190k — $98k

Moorefield 2,525 $125k $823 $49k

Morgantown 30,236 $259k $937 $45k

Moundsville 7,869 $119k $834 $49k

Mount Hope 1,504 $101k $549 $34k

Mullens 2,034 $79k — $62k

New Cumberland 943 $93k $636 $32k

New Haven 1,493 $107k $575 $56k

New Martinsville 5,133 $128k $688 $61k

Newburg 226 $46k $1042 $52k

Nitro 6,853 $129k $949 $54k

North Hills 926 $259k — $145k

Northfork 169 $34k — $50k

Nutter Fort 2,075 $121k $897 $68k

Oak Hill 7,937 $119k $847 $52k

Oakvale 254 — $725 —

Oceana 1,203 $67k $884 $33k

Paden City 2,415 $103k $719 $66k

Parkersburg 29,240 $122k $785 $49k

Parsons 1,448 $96k $650 $41k

Paw Paw 459 $87k $977 $65k

Pax 83 $43k — $29k

Pennsboro 1,334 $87k $811 $51k

Petersburg 2,384 $125k $646 $43k

Peterstown 594 $117k $621 $39k

Philippi 2,861 $115k $775 $46k

Piedmont 735 $47k $478 $42k

Pine Grove 367 $98k $337 $43k

Pineville 468 $119k — $57k

Pleasant Valley 3,482 $214k $1096 $68k

Poca 872 $171k $864 $77k

Point Pleasant 3,961 $118k $624 $38k

Pratt 438 $107k $800 $64k

Princeton 5,736 $120k $747 $44k

Pullman 286 $79k — $54k

Quinwood 221 $77k $782 $36k

Rainelle 1,458 $81k $663 $36k

Ranson 5,729 $243k $1536 $90k

Ravenswood 3,830 $98k $714 $34k

Reedsville 504 $182k $1375 $66k

Reedy 292 $77k — $32k

Rhodell 137 — — —

Richwood 2,403 $70k $682 $31k

Ridgeley 239 $152k $783 $41k

Ripley 3,071 $122k $613 $42k

Rivesville 627 $151k $850 $48k

Romney 1,922 $184k $616 $49k

Ronceverte 1,419 $130k $858 $42k

Rowlesburg 773 $100k $674 $62k

Rupert 909 $104k $634 $28k

Salem 1,629 $78k $525 $39k

Sand Fork 96 $116k $659 $36k

Shepherdstown 1,460 $485k $1201 $64k

Shinnston 2,352 $153k $972 $70k

Sistersville 1,409 $95k $812 $46k

Smithers 712 $77k $663 $45k

Smithfield 113 — — —

Sophia 1,528 $117k $870 $36k

South Charleston 13,457 $155k $844 $64k

Spencer 2,291 $117k $738 $38k

St. Albans 10,522 $141k $931 $54k

St. Marys 2,174 $147k $771 $64k

Star City 1,960 $256k $1020 $59k

Stonewood 2,212 $154k $749 $55k

Summersville 3,373 $230k $395 $57k

Sutton 797 $88k $684 $43k

Sylvester 131 $78k — —

Terra Alta 1,841 $95k $742 $51k

Thomas 599 $157k $792 $56k

Thurmond 5 — — —

Triadelphia 825 $94k $714 $48k

Tunnelton 404 — — $66k

Union 476 $154k $615 $35k

Valley Grove 363 $123k $950 $58k

Vienna 10,518 $154k $809 $60k

War 628 $33k $703 $30k

Wardensville 378 $205k $492 $34k

Wayne 1,675 $82k $789 $27k

Weirton 18,647 $134k $746 $60k

Welch 3,507 $57k $441 $33k

Wellsburg 2,203 $105k $624 $43k

West Hamlin 567 $130k $546 $18k

West Liberty 1,481 $152k $1269 $44k

West Logan 365 $73k $700 $45k

West Milford 591 $128k $644 $74k

West Union 1,039 $99k — $60k

Weston 3,840 $105k $770 $52k

Westover 4,026 $178k $1025 $61k

Wheeling 26,350 $147k $794 $49k

White Hall 946 $287k $1060 $77k

White Sulphur Springs 2,549 $117k $844 $46k

Whitesville 266 $97k $538 $48k

Williamson 2,919 $90k $489 $22k

Williamstown 2,980 $183k $839 $89k

Windsor Heights 491 $59k $888 $42k

Winfield 2,918 $257k $1009 $103k

Womelsdorf (Coalton) 280 $98k — $68k

Worthington 102 $75k — $34k