Summers County vs Wetzel County

A side-by-side comparison of Summers County and Wetzel County: population, income, housing, and more.

Summers County and Wetzel County are counties in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wetzel County has the higher population (14,233 vs 11,833 in Summers County). Wetzel County has the higher median household income ($53,341 vs $42,544 in Summers County). Summers County has the higher median home value ($126,100 vs $102,800 in Wetzel County).

Population, income & housing

	Summers County	Wetzel County
Population	11,833	14,233
Median age	50.4 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,544	$53,341
Median home value	$126,100	$102,800
Median gross rent	$922	$703
Housing units	6,556	7,302
Homeownership rate	80.9%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Summers County	Wetzel County
Population	12,848 → 11,833 (-7.9%)	15,436 → 14,233 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$38,187 → $42,544 (+11.4%)	$43,107 → $53,341 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$92,200 → $126,100 (+36.8%)	$103,600 → $102,800 (-0.8%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $922 (+34.6%)	$703 → $703 (+0.0%)

Summers County

Population

12,84811,833

Median household income

$38,187$42,544

Median home value

$92,200$126,100

Median gross rent

$685$922

Wetzel County

Population

15,43614,233

Median household income

$43,107$53,341

Median home value

$103,600$102,800

Median gross rent

$703$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Summers County	Wetzel County
Under 5	3.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	15.8%	12.6%
75 and over	11.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Summers County	Wetzel County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	94.1%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Summers County	Wetzel County
No high school diploma	17.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	43.1%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Summers County	Wetzel County
Drove alone	82.1%	82.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	4.4%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	2.4%
Other means	1.1%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Summers County	Wetzel County
1-unit, detached	80.5%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Summers County	Wetzel County
Poverty rate	19.2%	16.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1974	1963