Taylor County, West Virginia

• White (non-Hispanic) 15,641 94.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 169 1.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 103 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 552 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 22 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 3,376 20.5%
• 18–24 1,060 6.4%
• 25–44 4,018 24.4%
• 45–64 4,516 27.4%
• 65 and over 3,517 21.3%

Median household income

$61,452

90% interval $54,327–$68,577

+$790 vs WV · 17th of 55

Below poverty line

16.8%

90% interval 13.3%–20.3%

+0.6 pp vs WV · 27th of 55

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

−0.21 pp vs. state

County GDP

$853.9M

0.8% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,440

Establishments

346

• Education & health services 1,079 31.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 577 16.6%
• Public administration 364 10.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 328 9.4%
• Construction 174 5.0%
• Professional & business services 126 3.6%
• Other services 77 2.2%
• Financial activities 30 0.9%
• Information 15 0.4%
• Unclassified 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 79.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

83.9%

+9.0 pp vs WV · 9th of 55

Median gross rent

$835

−$37 vs WV · 17th of 55

Owner-occupied

5,543

Renter-occupied

1,061

• 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $58,251/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,981/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 5,422 74.6%
• Democratic 1,694 23.3%
• Other / third-party 149 2.1%

• Spanish 52 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 39 0.2%

Households

6,604

Family households

4,496

68.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,050

23.4% of families

Single-mother families

385

8.6% of families

Veterans

942

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 4,395 26.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 3,895 23.3%
• Catholic 451 2.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 144 0.9%

Health insured

94.9%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

5.1%

±1.9 pp

47th of 55

With a disability

19.4%

±2.5 pp

29th of 55

Bachelor's or higher

20.5%

±3.4 pp

−3.6 pp vs WV · 19th of 55

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.2%

90% interval 7.2%–9.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

23rd 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

Grafton, Philippi

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

15.25 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2