Berkeley County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 103,178 79.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,294 6.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 9,232 7.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,237 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,437 5.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 110 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 40 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 986 0.8%

• Under 18 29,910 23.1%
• 18–24 9,588 7.4%
• 25–44 36,681 28.3%
• 45–64 33,564 25.9%
• 65 and over 19,771 15.3%

Median household income

$82,567

90% interval $77,129–$88,005

+$21,905 vs WV · 2nd of 55

Below poverty line

11.0%

90% interval 9.3%–12.7%

−5.2 pp vs WV · 53rd of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

−0.69 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.1B

5.72% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,877

Establishments

3,926

• Education & health services 11,398 29.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,943 23.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,100 10.6%
• Manufacturing 3,901 10.1%
• Professional & business services 3,470 9.0%
• Public administration 2,347 6.1%
• Financial activities 1,009 2.6%
• Construction 32 0.1%
• Information 27 0.1%
• Other services 14 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 91.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.0%

+1.1 pp vs WV · 38th of 55

Median gross rent

$1,233

+$361 vs WV · 1st of 55

Owner-occupied

38,780

Renter-occupied

12,241

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $92,194/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,656/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 37,580 67.0%
• Democratic 17,500 31.2%
• Other / third-party 1,022 1.8%

• Spanish 4,845 4.0%
• Tagalog 212 0.2%
• Arabic 180 0.1%
• Chinese 157 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 152 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 135 0.1%
• Korean 121 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 71 0.1%
• Vietnamese 50 0.0%

Households

51,021

Family households

33,399

65.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

9,346

28.0% of families

Single-mother families

3,557

10.7% of families

Veterans

9,151

9.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 16,907 13.8%
• Mainline Protestant 7,883 6.5%
• Catholic 6,294 5.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,171 1.8%
• Black Protestant 470 0.4%

Health insured

94.1%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

5.9%

±0.9 pp

36th of 55

With a disability

14.3%

±0.9 pp

52nd of 55

Bachelor's or higher

25.1%

±1.6 pp

+1.0 pp vs WV · 9th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.6%

90% interval 5.9%–7.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

27th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

5 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courtswv.gov; cross-checked against W. Va. Code § 51-2-1a. Magistrate Courts (limited jurisdiction: misdemeanors, traffic, small civil up to $10K) are separately allocated one per county and not counted here. Family Court judges (domestic relations) also separate.)

Court seats

Berkeley Springs, Martinsburg

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

21

21.08 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

19