Scores by category

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

Safety57#6,711/15,637
Economy8#14,342/15,631
Housing78#3,258/14,977
Health1#15,449/15,609
Healthcare18#12,763/15,650
Environment19#12,582/15,453
Education35#10,104/15,649
Infrastructure7#14,625/15,650
Community21#12,306/15,651
Leisure & amenities16#13,115/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Job growth · high15.6%
100/100West Virginia -0.4%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMason County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low104 min
95/100West Virginia 145 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMason County value
Rent-burdened households · low22.0%
94/100West Virginia 48.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Social associations · high14.9 /10k
91/100West Virginia 12.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMason County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low2.8%
85/100West Virginia 7.3%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Property crime rate · low602 /100k
83/100West Virginia 1,053 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMason County value

Weaknesses

Depression · high34.6%
0/100West Virginia 31.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high24.5%
1/100West Virginia 23.4%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Drug overdose deaths · high60.6 /100k
1/100West Virginia 36.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMason County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low19.5%
1/100West Virginia 58.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMason County value
Hospital quality rating · low1.0
1/100West Virginia 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMason County value
Injury deaths · high160 /100k
2/100West Virginia 151 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMason County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
66.2% (2015-2019) → 81.9% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
13.7% (2015-2019) → 28.2% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2015-2019) → 3.1× (2020-2024)
+67%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateImproving
41.7% (2015-2019) → 32.5% (2020-2024)
−9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
27.3% (2015-2019) → 22.0% (2020-2024)
−5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateWorsening
3.5% (2015-2019) → 8.1% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

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, Point Pleasant, West Virginia improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 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++14 points13.7% → 28.2%
Broadband+16 points66.2% → 81.9%

Declined1

Price / income+1.3×1.9× → 3.1×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Point Pleasant, West Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.6 min2015-2019	21.7 min2020-2024	+3.1 min	Within the margin of error	19%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%2015-2019	28.2%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	97%
Broadband subscriptions	66.2%2015-2019	81.9%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	82%
Child poverty rate	41.7%2015-2019	32.5%2020-2024	−9.2 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Effective property tax rate	0.68%2015-2019	0.74%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	9%
High school diploma or higher	88.8%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+1.3×	Declined	14%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4232015-2019	0.4522020-2024	+0.029	Within the margin of error	28%
Median household income	$42,3072015-2019	$37,5632020-2024	−11%	Within the margin of error	3%
Poverty rate	22.4%2015-2019	24.4%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	20.0%2015-2019	19.8%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	57%

“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 Point Pleasant, West Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Point Pleasant, 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, Point Pleasant, West Virginia itself moved −6.7 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

3,961 residents (±15)

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: 20–29 women (−7.9 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

3,961 residents (±15)

Point Pleasant, West Virginia
West Virginia share

White94%3,735
Black3.1%†123
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

3,035 residents (±228)

Point Pleasant, West Virginia
West Virginia share

No high school diploma8.8%†268
High school or GED38%1,143
Some college14%†411

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

1,962 households (±194)

Point Pleasant, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $25k23%†448
$25k–50k44%†854
$50k–75k8.8%†172
$75k–100k13%†257
$100k–150k7.6%†150
$150k–200k2.7%†53
$200k or more1.4%†28

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (+17.6 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

1,962 households (±194)

Point Pleasant, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Own63%1,231
Rent37%†731

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

627 households (±232)

Point Pleasant, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $75084%†525
$750–1,0009.7%†61
$1,000–1,5006.5%†

Home values

1,231 homes (±222)

Point Pleasant, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $150k60%†737
$150k–250k27%†334
$250k–400k8.1%†100

Age of homes

2,376 homes (±222)

Point Pleasant, West Virginia
West Virginia share

2010 or later1.1%†26
2000–20097.9%†187
1980–19997.4%†

Size of homes

2,376 homes (±222)

Point Pleasant, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Studio0.8%†20
1 bedroom18%†420
2 bedrooms44%1,037

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

1,104 workers (±285)

Point Pleasant, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Drive alone88%976
Carpool7.4%†82
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.2%†46
Other0.0%0

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

1,058 workers (±285)

Point Pleasant, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under 15 min35%†366
15–29 min42%†443
30–44 min17%†

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

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 Mason County, the county holding most of Point Pleasant's residents.

Mason County has 324 employer establishments, 131 for every 10,000 residents (0.53× the US rate of 248; 0.65× West Virginia's), with 3,946 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,980. The Census Bureau also counts 1,038 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 324; 1,038 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 131; US 248 · West Virginia 202
Paid employees: 3,946
Average annual pay: $56,980; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	27	10.9	1.96×More than typical	62	$17,387	—
Restaurants and other eating places	22	8.9	0.48×Fewer than typical	378	$16,362	5
Ambulatory health care services	21	8.5	0.41×Fewer than typical	185	$72,530	42
Specialty trade contractors	16	6.5	0.42×Fewer than typical	314	$52,299	86
Gasoline stations	15	6.1	1.87×More than typical	140	$21,629	—
Lessors of real estate	13	5.2	0.43×Fewer than typical	38	$37,132	70
Banks and credit unions	11	4.4	1.37×More than typical	66	$45,500	—
General merchandise stores	11	4.4	2.51×More than typical	234	$30,543	22
Limited-service restaurants	11	4.4	0.55×Fewer than typical	219	$17,708	3
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	9	3.6	1.37×Too few to compare	57	$18,105	7
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	3.6	0.72×Too few to compare	25	$28,360	15
Construction of buildings	9	3.6	0.48×Too few to compare	58	$46,052	22

Rank places for an industry Open Mason County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 24,788 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 $146.7K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Point Pleasant, West Virginia: $37.03 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $146.7K; −26% vs FY2025
Per resident: $37.03; US $1,995
Sole-source: 31%; US 30%
Single offer: 33%; 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 the Army$94.2K64%
Environmental Protection Agency$52.4K36%

Top recipients

HYDROGEOLOGIC, INC.$52.4K36%
SRS-ALLIANT JV, LLC$46.2K32%
WATER, CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INCORPORATED$46K31%
ALLIANT CORPORATION$2,0281.4%
APTIM FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

130.4KFY2017
197.2KFY2018
245.3KFY2019
329.5KFY2020
323KFY2021
186.9KFY2022
164.1KFY2023
173.6K

Top industries (NAICS)

Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$98.4K67%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$48.2K33%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 Point Pleasant, West Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Point Pleasant, West Virginia's figures are part of those of Mason County, WV ($2.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 5.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Mason 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.

Point Pleasant, 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.

Mason County22100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Mason 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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