City · Marion County, West Virginia

Mannington, West Virginia

Mannington is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, part of the Fairmont, WV metro area. It has 1,829 residents. Mannington, West Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 25 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,761 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within West Virginia it ranks #72 of 150 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), homicide rate (low) and arts, entertainment and recreation (high). It ranks worst on depression (high), frequent mental distress (high) and preventable hospital stays (high).

25Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,761 of 15,651 cities and towns
West Virginia: #72 of 150 in WV
Population: 1,829 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,673.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 5451100

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety50#7,828/15,637
Economy27#11,477/15,631
Housing52#7,204/14,977
Health4#14,922/15,609
Healthcare33#10,497/15,650
Environment53#7,279/15,453
Education33#10,471/15,649
Infrastructure9#14,187/15,650
Community35#10,120/15,651
Leisure & amenities66#5,289/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mannington, West Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Marion 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 · low86 min
99/100West Virginia 145 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMarion County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100West Virginia 3.2 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMarion County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high8.3 /10k
93/100West Virginia 5.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMarion County value
Pharmacies · high2.7 /10k
93/100West Virginia 2.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMarion County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
93/100West Virginia 2.7×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Social associations · high14.9 /10k
91/100West Virginia 12.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarion County value

Weaknesses

Depression · high32.5%
1/100West Virginia 31.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high24.1%
1/100West Virginia 23.4%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Preventable hospital stays · high5,204 /100k
1/100West Virginia 4,063 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarion County value
Adult smoking · high21.4%
8/100West Virginia 21.4%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult obesity · high43.4%
8/100West Virginia 41.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Natural hazard risk · high90.0
10/100West Virginia 76.92025Federal Emergency Management AgencyMarion County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,673 (2015-2019) → 1,829 (2020-2024)
+9.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
23.5% (2015-2019) → 54.1% (2020-2024)
+31 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Average commute timeWorsening
21.5 min (2015-2019) → 30.4 min (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
14.3% (2015-2019) → 6.3% (2020-2024)
−8 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherImproving
81.8% (2015-2019) → 89.6% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
21.7% (2015-2019) → 14.8% (2020-2024)
−6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Mannington, West Virginia improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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.

Improved1

Uninsured−8 points14.3% → 6.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Mannington, West Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.5 min2015-2019	30.4 min2020-2024	+8.9 min	Within the margin of error	3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%2015-2019	18.5%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Broadband subscriptions	82.7%2015-2019	84.9%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Effective property tax rate	0.75%2015-2019	0.87%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	5%
High school diploma or higher	81.8%2015-2019	89.6%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	77%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4912015-2019	0.4522020-2024	−0.039	Within the margin of error	79%
Median household income	$41,4132015-2019	$54,2862020-2024	+31%	Within the margin of error	58%
Poverty rate	16.2%2015-2019	10.5%2020-2024	−5.7 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.3%2015-2019	6.3%2020-2024	−8 points	Improved	94%

“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 Mannington, West Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mannington, 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, Mannington, West Virginia itself moved −7.2 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,829 residents (±271)

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: 60–69 men (−4.9 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

1,829 residents (±271)

Mannington, West Virginia
West Virginia share

White96%1,748
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino1.3%†23
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races3.2%†58

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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,310 residents (±198)

Mannington, West Virginia
West Virginia share

No high school diploma10%†136
High school or GED46%609
Some college14%†183
Associate degree11%†139
Bachelor's degree12%†152
Graduate degree6.9%†91

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 B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

784 households (±121)

Mannington, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $25k21%†162
$25k–50k24%†186
$50k–75k21%†168
$75k–100k9.2%†72
$100k–150k9.8%†77
$150k–200k10%†81
$200k or more4.8%†38

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+10.3 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 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

784 households (±121)

Mannington, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Own77%603
Rent23%†181

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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

170 households (±69)

Mannington, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $75046%†79
$750–1,00044%†75
$1,000–1,5009.4%†

Home values

603 homes (±116)

Mannington, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $150k65%390
$150k–250k22%†132
$250k–400k11%†66

Age of homes

891 homes (±125)

Mannington, West Virginia
West Virginia share

2010 or later6.2%†55
2000–20093.3%†29
1980–19994.9%†44

Size of homes

891 homes (±125)

Mannington, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom5.8%†52
2 bedrooms37%328

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

723 workers (±176)

Mannington, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Drive alone79%571
Carpool7.5%†54
Public transit0.0%0
Walk8.7%†63
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.0%†29
Other0.8%†6

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

694 workers (±174)

Mannington, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under 15 min24%†166
15–29 min15%†102
30–44 min39%†271

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 Fairmont, 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 Marion County, the county holding most of Mannington's residents.

Marion County has 1,114 employer establishments, 200 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.99× West Virginia's), with 14,249 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,365. The Census Bureau also counts 2,877 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,114; 2,877 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 200; US 248 · West Virginia 202
Paid employees: 14,249
Average annual pay: $50,365; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	92	16.5	0.90×About typical	1,502	$18,784	11
Ambulatory health care services	83	14.9	0.71×Fewer than typical	1,005	$74,848	91
Specialty trade contractors	63	11.3	0.73×Fewer than typical	491	$59,141	158
Religious organizations	58	10.4	1.87×More than typical	189	$19,603	—
Construction of buildings	49	8.8	1.16×About typical	203	$56,828	80
Full-service restaurants	43	7.7	1.00×About typical	777	$19,874	7
Limited-service restaurants	42	7.5	0.94×About typical	672	$17,515	4
Automotive repair and maintenance	32	5.7	1.14×About typical	106	$37,934	44
Gasoline stations	32	5.7	1.77×More than typical	236	$26,686	—
Lessors of real estate	29	5.2	0.42×Fewer than typical	58	$36,069	288
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	27	4.8	1.82×More than typical	156	$16,269	30
Building equipment contractors	27	4.8	0.80×About typical	249	$65,092	31

Rank places for an industry Open Marion County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 55,826 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: Mannington is mostly in Marion County.

See federal money in Marion 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.

Mannington, 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.

Marion County54100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Fairmont, WV55

Other cities and towns in Marion 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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