Scores by category

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

Safety50#7,862/15,637
Economy12#13,696/15,631
Housing45#8,165/14,977
Health1#15,416/15,609
Healthcare59#6,340/15,650
Environment27#11,255/15,453
Education34#10,379/15,649
Infrastructure15#13,226/15,650
Community56#6,880/15,651
Leisure & amenities95#853/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clarksburg, West Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Harrison 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

Pharmacies · high3.1 /10k
97/100West Virginia 2.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHarrison County value
Primary care physicians · high136 /100k
97/100West Virginia 80 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHarrison County value
Social associations · high18.1 /10k
97/100West Virginia 12.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHarrison County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.3 /10k
96/100West Virginia 0.8 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHarrison County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high10.6 /10k
96/100West Virginia 5.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHarrison County value
Mammography screening · high56.0%
94/100West Virginia 45.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHarrison County value

Weaknesses

Depression · high32.1%
1/100West Virginia 31.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high23.7%
1/100West Virginia 23.4%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Comfortable days · low22.1%
3/100West Virginia 24.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationHarrison County value
Child poverty rate · high40.6%
4/100West Virginia 20.1%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Suicide rate · high27.8 /100k
5/100West Virginia 18.9 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHarrison County value
Adult smoking · high22.5%
5/100West Virginia 21.4%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

Child poverty rateWorsening
30.8% (2015-2019) → 40.6% (2020-2024)
+9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.0× (2015-2019) → 2.7× (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.4% (2015-2019) → 85.5% (2020-2024)
+7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
20.3% (2015-2019) → 25.7% (2020-2024)
+5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
7.7% (2015-2019) → 10.9% (2020-2024)
+3.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
50.8% (2015-2019) → 53.8% (2020-2024)
+2.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Clarksburg, West Virginia improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 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.

Improved2

Bachelor's++5.4 points20.3% → 25.7%
Broadband+7.2 points78.4% → 85.5%

Declined1

Price / income+0.8×2.0× → 2.7×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Clarksburg, West Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.0 min2015-2019	20.9 min2020-2024	−0.2 min	Within the margin of error	49%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%2015-2019	25.7%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Improved	71%
Broadband subscriptions	78.4%2015-2019	85.5%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Improved	45%
Child poverty rate	30.8%2015-2019	40.6%2020-2024	+9.8 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Effective property tax rate	0.64%2015-2019	0.62%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	19%
High school diploma or higher	85.7%2015-2019	87.5%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	33%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4422015-2019	0.4452020-2024	+0.003	Within the margin of error	48%
Median household income	$43,5182015-2019	$47,3862020-2024	+8.9%	Within the margin of error	15%
Poverty rate	24.8%2015-2019	23.5%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Rent as share of income	30.5%2015-2019	31.3%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent-burdened households	50.8%2015-2019	53.8%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Unemployment rate	6.6%2015-2019	4.4%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.7%2015-2019	10.9%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	18%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 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 Clarksburg, West Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clarksburg, 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, Clarksburg, West Virginia itself moved −4.7 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

15,549 residents (±31)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (−2.4 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

15,549 residents (±31)

Clarksburg, West Virginia
West Virginia share

White89%13,865
Black3.6%†560
Hispanic or Latino2.7%†417

Education

10,686 residents (±400)

Clarksburg, West Virginia
West Virginia share

No high school diploma12%1,333
High school or GED38%4,023
Some college18%1,912

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

6,753 households (±382)

Clarksburg, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $25k29%1,988
$25k–50k24%1,588
$50k–75k16%1,104
$75k–100k12%803
$100k–150k14%914
$150k–200k4.3%†292
$200k or more0.9%†64

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

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

6,753 households (±382)

Clarksburg, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Own61%4,118
Rent39%2,635

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

2,254 households (±294)

Clarksburg, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $75045%1,025
$750–1,00031%†692
$1,000–1,50021%†472

Home values

4,118 homes (±365)

Clarksburg, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $150k58%2,382
$150k–250k31%1,296
$250k–400k7.7%†317

Age of homes

8,157 homes (±476)

Clarksburg, West Virginia
West Virginia share

2010 or later3.1%†253
2000–20091.4%†115
1980–19997.4%607

Size of homes

8,157 homes (±476)

Clarksburg, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Studio13%1,096
1 bedroom13%1,054
2 bedrooms28%2,322

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

6,417 workers (±495)

Clarksburg, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Drive alone68%4,343
Carpool11%†716
Public transit0.3%†18
Walk11%†718
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.2%†529
Other1.4%†93

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−11.0 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

5,888 workers (±471)

Clarksburg, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under 15 min43%2,533
15–29 min38%2,248
30–44 min11%†623

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Clarksburg, WV

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 Harrison County, the county holding most of Clarksburg's residents.

Harrison County has 1,781 employer establishments, 276 for every 10,000 residents (1.11× the US rate of 248; 1.36× West Virginia's), with 29,386 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,418. The Census Bureau also counts 4,143 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,781; 4,143 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 276; US 248 · West Virginia 202
Paid employees: 29,386
Average annual pay: $57,418; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	148	22.9	1.25×About typical	2,925	$19,472	18
Ambulatory health care services	129	20	0.96×About typical	1,896	$66,838	144
Religious organizations	76	11.8	2.12×More than typical	357	$20,261	—
Specialty trade contractors	75	11.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	877	$62,115	213
Limited-service restaurants	73	11.3	1.41×More than typical	1,367	$16,636	10
Full-service restaurants	57	8.8	1.15×About typical	1,373	$22,398	5
Construction of buildings	52	8.1	1.07×About typical	264	$42,326	129
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	47	7.3	2.74×More than typical	414	$27,572	32
Banks and credit unions	47	7.3	2.25×More than typical	357	$58,042	—
Legal services	47	7.3	1.35×More than typical	340	$77,118	35
Lessors of real estate	47	7.3	0.59×Fewer than typical	250	$60,812	450
Offices of other health practitioners	46	7.1	1.17×About typical	657	$39,068	63

Rank places for an industry Open Harrison County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 64,550 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

In FY2026, an estimated $7.8M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Clarksburg, West Virginia: $504 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $7.8M; +50% vs FY2025
Per resident: $504; US $1,995
Sole-source: 19%; US 30%
Single offer: 18%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$3.9M50%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$2.7M35%
Defense Logistics Agency$760.5K9.7%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$186.5K2.4%
Public Buildings Service$117.2K1.5%
Environmental Protection Agency$49.7K0.6%
Department of State$39.6K0.5%
U.S. Marshals Service$5,9460.1%

Top recipients

FUSION TECHNOLOGY LLC$1M13%
AMSTED GRAPHITE MATERIALS, LLC$760.2K9.7%
TRILOGY INNOVATIONS INC.$754.9K9.6%
DISTRICT VETERANS CONTRACTING, INC.$694.3K8.9%
MONONGAHELA POWER COMPANY$549.2K7.0%

Spending by fiscal year

7MFY2017
4.6MFY2018
3.8MFY2019
3.7MFY2020
3.5MFY2021
3.1MFY2022
4.3MFY2023
10.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$2.5M32%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$1.9M24%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$760.2K9.7%
Employment services · 5613$718.7K9.2%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$287.2K3.7%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Clarksburg, West Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Clarksburg, West Virginia's figures are part of those of Harrison County, WV ($177.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 4.4% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Clarksburg is mostly in Harrison County.

See federal money in Harrison 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.

Clarksburg, West Virginia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Riley M. MooreR-WV-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.8%

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.

Harrison County52100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Clarksburg, WV45

Other cities and towns in Harrison 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

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