Youngest Cities in West Virginia

The top 25 of 25 West Virginia cities on GIS Map, ranked by lowest median age.

#	City	County	Median age	Population
1	Shepherdstown	Jefferson	21.8 years	1,460
2	Morgantown	Monongalia	23.9 years	30,236
3	Huntington	Cabell	34.7 years	45,787
4	Fairmont	Marion	34.9 years	18,221
5	Hinton	Summers	36.9 years	2,086
6	Martinsburg	Berkeley	37.4 years	18,904
7	Charles Town	Jefferson	38.5 years	7,337
8	White Sulphur Springs	Greenbrier	39.8 years	2,549
9	Clarksburg	Harrison	40.4 years	15,549
10	Vienna	Wood	40.4 years	10,518
11	Elkins	Randolph	40.5 years	6,811
12	Lewisburg	Greenbrier	40.7 years	3,835
13	South Charleston	Kanawha	41.7 years	13,457
14	Parkersburg	Wood	42.2 years	29,240
15	Beckley	Raleigh	42.3 years	16,818
16	Charleston	Kanawha	43 years	47,421
17	Princeton	Mercer	44.2 years	5,736
18	Bluefield	Mercer	45 years	9,387
19	St. Albans	Kanawha	45.2 years	10,522
20	Wheeling	Ohio	45.4 years	26,350
21	Bridgeport	Harrison	45.6 years	9,252
22	Fayetteville	Fayette	45.9 years	2,817
23	Weirton	Hancock/Brooke	47.4 years	18,647
24	Point Pleasant	Mason	48.5 years	3,961
25	Summersville	Nicholas	56.3 years	3,373

Top West Virginia Counties

Counties ranked by lowest median age.

1. Monongalia County32.7 years 2. Berkeley County38.5 years 3. Cabell County39.2 years 4. Marion County40.3 years 5. Jefferson County41 years 6. Gilmer County41.5 years 7. Barbour County42.2 years 8. Upshur County42.3 years 9. Harrison County42.6 years 10. Putnam County42.6 years

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, “Youngest Cities in West Virginia”, https://gismap.land/rankings/west-virginia/youngest-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

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