Hancock County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 26,151 92.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 496 1.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 501 1.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 141 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 998 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 7 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 84 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 53 0.2%

• Under 18 5,221 18.4%
• 18–24 1,985 7.0%
• 25–44 6,244 22.0%
• 45–64 7,980 28.1%
• 65 and over 7,001 24.6%

Median household income

$61,526

90% interval $55,528–$67,524

+$864 vs WV · 15th of 55

Below poverty line

13.6%

90% interval 11.0%–16.2%

−2.6 pp vs WV · 49th of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.1%

+0.68 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.2B

1.17% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,893

Establishments

972

• Education & health services 1,805 20.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,562 17.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,547 17.7%
• Manufacturing 1,285 14.7%
• Professional & business services 832 9.5%
• Financial activities 494 5.7%
• Public administration 440 5.0%
• Other services 277 3.2%
• Construction 25 0.3%
• Information 13 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 94.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.5%

−0.4 pp vs WV · 45th of 55

Median gross rent

$771

−$101 vs WV · 27th of 55

Owner-occupied

9,553

Renter-occupied

3,271

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $85,205/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,361/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 9,462 72.6%
• Democratic 3,360 25.8%
• Other / third-party 208 1.6%

• Spanish 139 0.5%
• Arabic 50 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 24 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 11 0.0%
• Tagalog 11 0.0%

Households

12,824

Family households

7,665

59.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,679

21.9% of families

Single-mother families

798

10.4% of families

Veterans

1,897

8.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 7,343 25.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 3,654 12.6%
• Mainline Protestant 2,677 9.2%
• Orthodox 300 1.0%
• Black Protestant 150 0.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

93.6%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

6.4%

±1.3 pp

26th of 55

With a disability

18.7%

±1.7 pp

32nd of 55

Bachelor's or higher

19.9%

±2.3 pp

−4.2 pp vs WV · 20th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.1%

90% interval 6.2%–8.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

1st Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

4 (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

New Cumberland, Wellsburg, Wheeling

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

8.62 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2