Marshall County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 27,750 92.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 347 1.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 98 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 100 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,237 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 19 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 18 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 296 1.0%

• Under 18 5,670 19.0%
• 18–24 1,951 6.5%
• 25–44 6,827 22.9%
• 45–64 8,322 27.9%
• 65 and over 7,095 23.8%

Median household income

$58,419

90% interval $52,986–$63,852

−$2,243 vs WV · 24th of 55

Below poverty line

17.6%

90% interval 14.8%–20.4%

+1.4 pp vs WV · 22nd of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.24 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.7B

3.45% of state

Avg. annual pay

$67,143

Establishments

699

• Education & health services 2,533 24.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,827 17.6%
• Natural resources & mining 1,672 16.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 894 8.6%
• Construction 867 8.4%
• Manufacturing 842 8.1%
• Public administration 687 6.6%
• Professional & business services 405 3.9%
• Other services 350 3.4%
• Information 19 0.2%
• Financial activities 4 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 97.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.4%

+3.5 pp vs WV · 29th of 55

Median gross rent

$837

−$35 vs WV · 16th of 55

Owner-occupied

9,793

Renter-occupied

2,694

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% 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 (Natural resources & mining, $114,967/yr) pays 6.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,111/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 9,808 74.1%
• Democratic 3,186 24.1%
• Other / third-party 239 1.8%

• Spanish 353 1.2%
• German or other West Germanic 62 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 29 0.1%
• Tagalog 7 0.0%

Households

12,487

Family households

8,533

68.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,911

22.4% of families

Single-mother families

722

8.5% of families

Veterans

1,775

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 4,408 14.4%
• Mainline Protestant 3,758 12.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,938 9.6%
• Black Protestant 202 0.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 122 0.4%
• Orthodox 12 0.0%

Health insured

94.4%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

5.6%

±1.1 pp

41st of 55

With a disability

19.7%

±1.6 pp

25th of 55

Bachelor's or higher

20.5%

±2.2 pp

−3.6 pp vs WV · 18th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.7%

90% interval 4.9%–6.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

2nd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (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

Middlebourne, Moundsville, New Martinsville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

24.8 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6