Town · Webster County, West Virginia

Addison (Webster Springs), West Virginia

Addison (Webster Springs) is a town in Webster County, West Virginia. It has 1,038 residents. Addison (Webster Springs), West Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 8 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,348 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within West Virginia it ranks #138 of 150 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), hot days (low) and effective property tax rate (low). It ranks worst on reading scores (low), depression (high) and average weekly wage (low).

8Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,348 of 15,651 cities and towns
West Virginia: #138 of 150 in WV
Population: 1,038 (2020-2024)
Land area: 0 mi²
Density: 2,303.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 5400364

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

Open in the map

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety30#10,892/15,637
Economy0#15,581/15,631
Housing36#9,573/14,977
Health5#14,879/15,609
Healthcare16#13,100/15,650
Environment78#3,329/15,453
Education14#13,395/15,649
Infrastructure15#13,343/15,650
Community5#14,908/15,651
Leisure & amenities32#10,649/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Addison (Webster Springs), West Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Webster County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Time spent in the emergency room · low78 min
99/100West Virginia 145 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWebster County value
Hot days · low0 days
99/100West Virginia 10 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationWebster County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.33%
96/100West Virginia 0.50%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Public libraries · high2.5 /10k
94/100West Virginia 1.0 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesWebster County value
Average commute time · low13.6 min
93/100West Virginia 26.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Pharmacies · high2.6 /10k
91/100West Virginia 2.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWebster County value

Weaknesses

Reading scores · low2.12
0/100West Virginia 2.92United States 3.052018University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWebster County value
Depression · high33.3%
1/100West Virginia 31.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Average weekly wage · low$807
1/100West Virginia $1,161United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWebster County value
Flu vaccinations · low20.0%
1/100West Virginia 36.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWebster County value
New business applications · low6.4 /1k
1/100West Virginia 9.3 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauWebster County value
Math scores · low2.31
1/100West Virginia 2.72United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWebster County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
806 (2015-2019) → 1,038 (2020-2024)
+29%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
32.3% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
63.6% (2015-2019) → 81.0% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
16.4% (2015-2019) → 30.9% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
57.8% (2015-2019) → 70.1% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Average commute timeImproving
22.7 min (2015-2019) → 13.6 min (2020-2024)
−40%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Addison (Webster Springs), West Virginia improved on 0 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Rent / income+19 points32.3% → 51.0%

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Addison (Webster Springs), West Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.7 min2015-2019	13.6 min2020-2024	−9.1 min	Within the margin of error	98%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%2015-2019	15.2%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Broadband subscriptions	63.6%2015-2019	81.0%2020-2024	+17 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Effective property tax rate	0.38%2015-2019	0.33%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	26%
High school diploma or higher	79.6%2015-2019	81.6%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4942015-2019	0.5202020-2024	+0.026	Within the margin of error	29%
Poverty rate	25.1%2015-2019	28.9%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	32.3%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+19 points	Declined	3%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 10944 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Addison (Webster Springs), West Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Addison (Webster Springs), West Virginia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Addison (Webster Springs), West Virginia itself moved +0.9 points in standing on average over the same 7 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,038 residents (±269)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

348 households (±72)

Addison (Webster Springs), West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $25k41%†143
$25k–50k16%†55
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

348 households (±72)

Addison (Webster Springs), West Virginia
West Virginia share

Own60%208
Rent40%†140

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

325 workers (±104)

Addison (Webster Springs), West Virginia
West Virginia share

Drive alone68%†222
Carpool16%†51
Public transit

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Webster County, the county holding most of Addison (Webster Springs)'s residents.

Webster County has 113 employer establishments, 141 for every 10,000 residents (0.57× the US rate of 248; 0.69× West Virginia's), with 1,030 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,789. The Census Bureau also counts 280 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 113; 280 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 141; US 248 · West Virginia 202
Paid employees: 1,030
Average annual pay: $39,789; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Webster County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	13	16.2	3.20×More than typical	38	$32,711	14
Gasoline stations	7	8.7	2.69×Too few to compare	57	$25,789	—
Restaurants and other eating places	7	8.7	0.47×Too few to compare	42	$11,000	—
Ambulatory health care services	6	7.5	0.36×Too few to compare	132	$49,674	6
Full-service restaurants	6	7.5	0.97×Too few to compare	30	$10,067	—
Religious organizations	5	6.2	1.12×Too few to compare	9	$10,333	—
Specialty trade contractors	5	6.2	0.40×Too few to compare	16	$53,500	17
Individual and family services	4	5	1.78×Too few to compare	56	$18,232	—
Outpatient care centers	4	5	2.71×Too few to compare	119	$50,529	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	3	3.7	2.14×Too few to compare	5	$26,400	3
Banks and credit unions	3	3.7	1.16×Too few to compare	16	$39,000	—
General merchandise stores	3	3.7	2.11×Too few to compare	28	$18,714	3

Rank places for an industry Open Webster County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,032 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Addison (Webster Springs) is mostly in Webster County.

See federal money in Webster County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Addison (Webster Springs), West Virginia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Carol D. MillerR-WV-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 5.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Webster County14100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Webster County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

JSON · /api/v1/places/5400364

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends