Mason County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 23,895 95.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 154 0.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 253 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 93 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 581 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 65 0.3%

• Under 18 5,144 20.5%
• 18–24 1,666 6.7%
• 25–44 5,905 23.6%
• 45–64 6,630 26.5%
• 65 and over 5,698 22.8%

Median household income

$56,080

90% interval $49,649–$62,511

−$4,582 vs WV · 33rd of 55

Below poverty line

16.3%

90% interval 12.6%–20.0%

+0.1 pp vs WV · 32nd of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

−0.82 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.1B

1.03% of state

Avg. annual pay

$67,835

Establishments

507

• Education & health services 1,662 24.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,420 20.6%
• Public administration 485 7.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 439 6.4%
• Professional & business services 281 4.1%
• Financial activities 161 2.3%
• Construction 36 0.5%
• Information 8 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 65.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.8%

+6.9 pp vs WV · 15th of 55

Median gross rent

$671

−$201 vs WV · 43rd of 55

Owner-occupied

8,357

Renter-occupied

1,854

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 52% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $62,621/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,137/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 8,232 78.1%
• Democratic 2,111 20.0%
• Other / third-party 204 1.9%

• German or other West Germanic 72 0.3%
• Chinese 13 0.1%
• Spanish 11 0.0%
• Tagalog 7 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 4 0.0%

Households

10,211

Family households

6,882

67.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,761

25.6% of families

Single-mother families

362

5.3% of families

Veterans

1,455

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 3,166 12.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,570 10.1%
• Catholic 199 0.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

93.9%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

6.1%

±1.9 pp

31st of 55

With a disability

20.1%

±2.5 pp

24th of 55

Bachelor's or higher

16.3%

±2.7 pp

−7.8 pp vs WV · 34th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.5%

90% interval 5.7%–7.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Grantsville, Point Pleasant, Ripley, Spencer

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

15.08 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3