# Counties in West Virginia by average household size, 2024

All 55 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_household_size`
- Unit: persons per household
- Definition: Average number of persons per private household. EU countries: EU-SILC. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate of people in households divided by occupied housing units, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-household-size/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | persons per household |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Webster County | 2.8 |
| 2 | Monroe County | 2.7 |
| 3 | Hampshire County | 2.7 |
| 4 | Boone County | 2.6 |
| 5 | Clay County | 2.6 |
| 6 | Doddridge County | 2.6 |
| 7 | Lincoln County | 2.6 |
| 8 | Pleasants County | 2.6 |
| 9 | Jefferson County | 2.6 |
| 9 | Nicholas County | 2.6 |
| 11 | Pendleton County | 2.5 |
| 11 | Wyoming County | 2.5 |
| 13 | Berkeley County | 2.5 |
| 14 | Wirt County | 2.5 |
| 15 | Grant County | 2.5 |
| 16 | Braxton County | 2.5 |
| 17 | Putnam County | 2.5 |
| 18 | McDowell County | 2.4 |
| 18 | Taylor County | 2.4 |
| 20 | Harrison County | 2.4 |
| 20 | Ritchie County | 2.4 |
| 22 | Tyler County | 2.4 |
| 23 | Barbour County | 2.4 |
| 23 | Mingo County | 2.4 |
| 23 | Raleigh County | 2.4 |
| 23 | Wayne County | 2.4 |
| 27 | Fayette County | 2.4 |
| 27 | Logan County | 2.4 |
| 27 | Roane County | 2.4 |
| 30 | Calhoun County | 2.4 |
| 30 | Jackson County | 2.4 |
| 30 | Mason County | 2.4 |
| 33 | Hardy County | 2.4 |
| 34 | Lewis County | 2.4 |
| 34 | Preston County | 2.4 |
| 34 | Randolph County | 2.4 |
| 37 | Mercer County | 2.4 |
| 37 | Mineral County | 2.4 |
| 39 | Morgan County | 2.4 |
| 40 | Pocahontas County | 2.3 |
| 40 | Upshur County | 2.3 |
| 42 | Marion County | 2.3 |
| 42 | Marshall County | 2.3 |
| 44 | Summers County | 2.3 |
| 45 | Wood County | 2.3 |
| 46 | Tucker County | 2.3 |
| 47 | Gilmer County | 2.3 |
| 47 | Wetzel County | 2.3 |
| 49 | Kanawha County | 2.3 |
| 50 | Monongalia County | 2.3 |
| 51 | Cabell County | 2.2 |
| 52 | Hancock County | 2.2 |
| 53 | Brooke County | 2.2 |
| 54 | Greenbrier County | 2.2 |
| 54 | Ohio County | 2.2 |