Cities with the Highest Poverty Rate in West Virginia
The top 25 of 25 West Virginia cities on GIS Map, ranked by the share of residents below the poverty level.
| # | City | Below poverty level |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hinton | 35% |
| 2 | Morgantown | 30.4% |
| 3 | Beckley | 28.9% |
| 4 | Lewisburg | 28% |
| 5 | Huntington | 25.7% |
| 6 | Point Pleasant | 24.4% |
| 7 | Clarksburg | 23.5% |
| 8 | White Sulphur Springs | 23.2% |
| 9 | Parkersburg | 22.5% |
| 10 | Wheeling | 20.5% |
| 11 | Summersville | 20.3% |
| 12 | Martinsburg | 19.8% |
| 13 | Bluefield | 18.5% |
| 14 | Fairmont | 17.4% |
| 15 | Elkins | 17.3% |
| 16 | Princeton | 16.9% |
| 17 | South Charleston | 16.9% |
| 18 | Charleston | 15.8% |
| 19 | St. Albans | 14.1% |
| 20 | Weirton | 12.6% |
| 21 | Fayetteville | 10.3% |
| 22 | Vienna | 10.2% |
| 23 | Charles Town | 6.5% |
| 24 | Shepherdstown | 6.2% |
| 25 | Bridgeport | 3.9% |
Top West Virginia Counties
Counties ranked by the share of residents below the poverty level.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.
Citing this page: GIS Map, “Cities with the Highest Poverty Rate in West Virginia”, https://gismap.land/rankings/west-virginia/highest-poverty-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.
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