Counties in West Virginia by median household income

Jefferson County had the highest median household income of 55 counties in 2021, at $86,711. McDowell County had the lowest, at $30,127. The median was $47,343 and the figure for West Virginia was $50,884. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest86,711Jefferson County
Lowest30,127McDowell County
Median47,34355 counties
West Virginia50,884History

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Jefferson CountyJefferson County: 86,711 USD86,711Putnam CountyPutnam County: 68,740 USD68,740Berkeley CountyBerkeley County: 68,101 USD68,101Doddridge CountyDoddridge County: 58,750 USD58,750Pleasants CountyPleasants County: 58,433 USD58,433Mineral CountyMineral County: 57,345 USD57,345Morgan CountyMorgan County: 56,616 USD56,616Monongalia CountyMonongalia County: 56,466 USD56,466Preston CountyPreston County: 55,755 USD55,755Marion CountyMarion County: 55,094 USD55,094Harrison CountyHarrison County: 54,124 USD54,124Jackson CountyJackson County: 53,165 USD53,165Taylor CountyTaylor County: 52,823 USD52,823Marshall CountyMarshall County: 52,371 USD52,371Hancock CountyHancock County: 52,062 USD52,062Ohio CountyOhio County: 51,516 USD51,516Brooke CountyBrooke County: 51,210 USD51,210Hampshire CountyHampshire County: 50,890 USD50,890Tyler CountyTyler County: 50,601 USD50,601Boone CountyBoone County: 50,598 USD50,598Kanawha CountyKanawha County: 50,574 USD50,574Wood CountyWood County: 50,231 USD50,231Mason CountyMason County: 49,957 USD49,957Tucker CountyTucker County: 49,808 USD49,808Wirt CountyWirt County: 49,441 USD49,441Wetzel CountyWetzel County: 47,611 USD47,611Monroe CountyMonroe County: 47,417 USD47,417Randolph CountyRandolph County: 47,343 USD47,343Grant CountyGrant County: 47,224 USD47,224Lincoln CountyLincoln County: 46,683 USD46,683Hardy CountyHardy County: 46,592 USD46,592Pendleton CountyPendleton County: 46,506 USD46,506Fayette CountyFayette County: 45,988 USD45,988Gilmer CountyGilmer County: 45,870 USD45,870Wayne CountyWayne County: 45,591 USD45,591Lewis CountyLewis County: 45,345 USD45,345Ritchie CountyRitchie County: 45,184 USD45,184Wyoming CountyWyoming County: 44,630 USD44,630Upshur CountyUpshur County: 44,470 USD44,470Cabell CountyCabell County: 43,779 USD43,779Mercer CountyMercer County: 43,293 USD43,293Raleigh CountyRaleigh County: 43,150 USD43,150Nicholas CountyNicholas County: 42,946 USD42,946Braxton CountyBraxton County: 42,519 USD42,519Barbour CountyBarbour County: 42,260 USD42,260Greenbrier CountyGreenbrier County: 41,694 USD41,694Summers CountySummers County: 41,077 USD41,077Roane CountyRoane County: 38,608 USD38,608Logan CountyLogan County: 38,493 USD38,493Webster CountyWebster County: 37,720 USD37,720Calhoun CountyCalhoun County: 37,428 USD37,428Pocahontas CountyPocahontas County: 37,225 USD37,225Clay CountyClay County: 37,197 USD37,197Mingo CountyMingo County: 35,349 USD35,349McDowell CountyMcDowell County: 30,127 USD30,127
USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Household income in the past 12 months at the middle of the distribution, in US dollars adjusted to the last year of the period. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

US dollars. For Spanish places use net_income_per_household (average, EUR).

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

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2021-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which county has the highest median household income?

Jefferson County, with $86,711 in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest median household income?

McDowell County, with $30,127 in 2021.

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 B19013: median household income in the past 12 months. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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