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Cities in West Virginia by housing units, 2024

Charleston, WV had the highest housing units of 13 cities in 2024, at 25,544. Vienna, WV had the lowest, at 5,197. The median was 9,006 and the figure for West Virginia was 861,325. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest25,544Charleston, WV
Lowest5,197Vienna, WV
Median9,00613 cities
West Virginia861,325History

All cities, 2024

Charleston, WV: 25,544 countCharleston, WV25,544Huntington, WV: 23,878 countHuntington, WV23,878Parkersburg, WV: 15,236 countParkersburg, WV15,236Wheeling, WV: 14,569 countWheeling, WV14,569Morgantown, WV: 13,879 countMorgantown, WV13,879Weirton, WV: 9,476 countWeirton, WV9,476Fairmont, WV: 9,006 countFairmont, WV9,006Beckley, WV: 8,628 countBeckley, WV8,628Martinsburg, WV: 8,455 countMartinsburg, WV8,455Clarksburg, WV: 8,157 countClarksburg, WV8,157South Charleston, WV: 6,970 countSouth Charleston, WV6,970St. Albans, WV: 5,296 countSt. Albans, WV5,296Vienna, WV: 5,197 countVienna, WV5,197Charleston, WV: 25,544 countCharleston, WV25,544Huntington, WV: 23,878 countHuntington, WV23,878Parkersburg, WV: 15,236 countParkersburg, WV15,236Wheeling, WV: 14,569 countWheeling, WV14,569Morgantown, WV: 13,879 countMorgantown, WV13,879Weirton, WV: 9,476 countWeirton, WV9,476Fairmont, WV: 9,006 countFairmont, WV9,006Beckley, WV: 8,628 countBeckley, WV8,628Martinsburg, WV: 8,455 countMartinsburg, WV8,455Clarksburg, WV: 8,157 countClarksburg, WV8,157South Charleston, WV: 6,970 countSouth Charleston, WV6,970St. Albans, WV: 5,296 countSt. Albans, WV5,296Vienna, WV: 5,197 countVienna, WV5,197
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
count		Change on 2023
1Charleston, WV25,544-0.2%
2Huntington, WV23,878-1.1%
3Parkersburg, WV15,2360%
4Wheeling, WV14,569+0.1%
5Morgantown, WV13,879-2.1%
6Weirton, WV9,476+1.7%
7Fairmont, WV9,006+0.6%
8Beckley, WV8,628-2.2%
9Martinsburg, WV8,455+0.8%
10Clarksburg, WV8,157-0.4%
11South Charleston, WV6,970+3.5%
12St. Albans, WV5,296-0.1%
13Vienna, WV5,197+2.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in West Virginia by housing units, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in West Virginia by housing units, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/west-virginia-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in West Virginia by housing units, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/west-virginia-cities.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in West Virginia by housing units, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/west-virginia-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest housing units?

Charleston, WV, with 25,544 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest housing units?

Vienna, WV, with 5,197 in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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