Pleasants County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 7,101 94.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 158 2.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 31 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 209 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 22 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,469 19.5%
• 18–24 563 7.5%
• 25–44 1,851 24.6%
• 45–64 2,209 29.4%
• 65 and over 1,429 19.0%

Median household income

$63,468

90% interval $55,908–$71,028

+$2,806 vs WV · 9th of 55

Below poverty line

15.9%

90% interval 12.3%–19.5%

−0.3 pp vs WV · 35th of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.02 pp vs. state

County GDP

$574.9M

0.54% of state

Avg. annual pay

$62,416

Establishments

191

• Manufacturing 523 22.8%
• Education & health services 498 21.7%
• Public administration 314 13.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 310 13.5%
• Professional & business services 166 7.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 130 5.7%
• Financial activities 85 3.7%
• Construction 20 0.9%
• Information 3 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 89.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.4%

+6.5 pp vs WV · 18th of 55

Median gross rent

$715

−$157 vs WV · 36th of 55

Owner-occupied

2,255

Renter-occupied

514

• 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 (Manufacturing, $100,726/yr) pays 5.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,344/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 2,632 78.6%
• Democratic 656 19.6%
• Other / third-party 60 1.8%

• French, Haitian, or Cajun 12 0.2%
• Spanish 6 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 2 0.0%

Households

2,769

Family households

1,882

68.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

375

19.9% of families

Single-mother families

162

8.6% of families

Veterans

671

11.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,019 13.3%
• Mainline Protestant 775 10.1%
• Catholic 243 3.2%

Health insured

89.6%

±3.3 pp

Uninsured

10.4%

±3.3 pp

1st of 55

With a disability

18.7%

±2.7 pp

33rd of 55

Bachelor's or higher

14.1%

±3.1 pp

−10.0 pp vs WV · 44th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.2%

90% interval 6.2%–8.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

3rd 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

Elizabeth, Harrisville, Saint Marys, West Union

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0