Lowest poverty rate in West Virginia

West Virginia counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of West Virginia by poverty rate — which have the lowest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Pleasants County leads at 8.0%.

Among cities & places, Apple Grove leads at 0.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Pleasants County	8.0%
2	Jefferson County	8.8%
3	Putnam County	10.7%
4	Morgan County	11.0%
5	Berkeley County	11.4%
6	Brooke County	12.1%
7	Gilmer County	12.9%
8	Tucker County	13.2%
9	Grant County	13.4%
10	Harrison County	13.6%
11	Marion County	13.6%
12	Preston County	14.1%
13	Hampshire County	14.2%
14	Mineral County	14.3%
15	Doddridge County	14.5%
16	Taylor County	14.7%
17	Randolph County	14.7%
18	Wood County	14.8%
19	Hancock County	15.0%
20	Marshall County	15.0%
21	Monroe County	15.7%
22	Ohio County	15.7%
23	Wayne County	15.7%
24	Kanawha County	16.1%
25	Pendleton County	16.3%
26	Wetzel County	16.6%
27	Boone County	17.3%
28	Jackson County	17.5%
29	Hardy County	17.6%
30	Tyler County	17.7%
31	Nicholas County	17.8%
32	Mason County	17.9%
33	Mercer County	18.0%
34	Upshur County	18.3%
35	Wirt County	18.3%
36	Fayette County	18.8%
37	Braxton County	18.8%
38	Summers County	19.2%
39	Lewis County	19.4%
40	Cabell County	19.8%
41	Roane County	20.2%
42	Monongalia County	20.5%
43	Lincoln County	20.6%
44	Greenbrier County	20.7%
45	Barbour County	20.8%
46	Pocahontas County	20.8%
47	Logan County	21.4%
48	Raleigh County	21.6%
49	Ritchie County	21.7%
50	Webster County	22.1%
51	Wyoming County	22.6%
52	Clay County	24.9%
53	Mingo County	29.9%
54	McDowell County	30.9%
55	Calhoun County	33.4%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Apple Grove	0.0%
2	Arbovale	0.0%
3	Bartley	0.0%
4	Bartow	0.0%
5	Belva	0.0%
6	Big Creek	0.0%
7	Big Sandy	0.0%
8	Birch River	0.0%
9	Bolt	0.0%
10	Booth	0.0%
11	Brenton	0.0%
12	Burlington	0.0%
13	Cassville	0.0%
14	Century	0.0%
15	Charlton Heights	0.0%
16	Chauncey	0.0%
17	Chelyan	0.0%
18	Colliers	0.0%
19	Covel	0.0%
20	Cucumber	0.0%
21	Cunard	0.0%
22	Deep Water	0.0%
23	Dixie	0.0%
24	Earling	0.0%
25	Eccles	0.0%
26	Ghent	0.0%
27	Glen Ferris	0.0%
28	Glen Fork	0.0%
29	Glen Jean	0.0%
30	Glen White	0.0%
31	Green Spring	0.0%
32	Greenville	0.0%
33	Helvetia	0.0%
34	Hepzibah	0.0%
35	Hollygrove	0.0%
36	Huntersville	0.0%
37	Malden	0.0%
38	Matheny	0.0%
39	Mount Carbon	0.0%
40	Page	0.0%
41	Pickens	0.0%
42	Prince	0.0%
43	Reader	0.0%
44	Reynoldsville	0.0%
45	Rock Cave	0.0%
46	Roderfield	0.0%
47	Salt Rock	0.0%
48	Shrewsbury	0.0%
49	Spelter	0.0%
50	Switzer	0.0%
51	Thurmond	0.0%
52	Valley Head	0.0%
53	Whitmer	0.0%
54	Falling Spring	0.7%
55	Barrackville	1.2%
56	Gatewood	1.4%
57	Elk Garden	1.5%
58	Enterprise	1.6%
59	Sylvester	1.6%
60	Lavalette	1.6%
61	Womelsdorf (Coalton)	1.7%
62	Ellenboro	2.2%
63	Harpers Ferry	2.3%
64	Valley Bend	2.4%
65	Bruceton Mills	2.5%
66	Falling Waters	3.0%
67	Kanawha	3.1%
68	Rachel	3.6%
69	Bridgeport	3.8%
70	Middleway	4.0%
71	Pinch	4.0%
72	Hedgesville	4.0%
73	East View	4.1%
74	Cottageville	4.3%
75	Clendenin	4.4%
76	Piney View	4.5%
77	Montrose	4.5%
78	White Hall	4.7%
79	Bruno	4.8%
80	Masontown	5.1%
81	Teays Valley	5.1%
82	Mitchell Heights	5.2%
83	St. Marys	5.3%
84	Cheat Lake	5.4%
85	Bethlehem	5.5%
86	Belle	5.6%
87	Holden	5.7%
88	Follansbee	5.8%
89	Flemington	6.0%
90	Oakvale	6.1%
91	Lashmeet	6.1%
92	Lubeck	6.2%
93	Williamstown	6.3%
94	Shenandoah Junction	6.3%
95	Pullman	6.6%
96	East Dailey	6.6%
97	Mill Creek	6.8%
98	Bethany	6.8%
99	Boaz	7.0%
100	Handley	7.0%

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