City · Greenbrier County, West Virginia

Ronceverte, West Virginia

Ronceverte is a city in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It has 1,419 residents. Ronceverte, West Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 26 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,533 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within West Virginia it ranks #64 of 150 cities and towns. It ranks best on hot days (low), primary care physicians (high) and pharmacies (high). It ranks worst on frequent mental distress (high), depression (high) and dental care shortage (high).

26Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,533 of 15,651 cities and towns
West Virginia: #64 of 150 in WV
Population: 1,419 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 832.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 5470156

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety45#8,539/15,637
Economy2#15,334/15,631
Housing52#7,129/14,977
Health1#15,524/15,609
Healthcare18#12,816/15,650
Environment94#975/15,453
Education38#9,654/15,649
Infrastructure34#10,358/15,650
Community24#11,846/15,651
Leisure & amenities63#5,799/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Hot days · low0 days
99/100West Virginia 10 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGreenbrier County value
Primary care physicians · high151 /100k
99/100West Virginia 80 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreenbrier County value
Pharmacies · high2.8 /10k
95/100West Virginia 2.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGreenbrier County value
Restaurants and bars · high13.9 /10k
93/100West Virginia 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGreenbrier County value
Public libraries · high1.9 /10k
90/100West Virginia 1.0 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesGreenbrier County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.51%
87/100West Virginia 0.50%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Weaknesses

Frequent mental distress · high25.2%
0/100West Virginia 23.4%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Depression · high32.6%
1/100West Virginia 31.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100West Virginia 15.5United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationGreenbrier County value
Injury deaths · high167 /100k
2/100West Virginia 151 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreenbrier County value
Adult smoking · high24.8%
2/100West Virginia 21.4%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Primary care shortage · high19.0
3/100West Virginia 14.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationGreenbrier County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,055 (2015-2019) → 1,419 (2020-2024)
−31%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
17.1% (2015-2019) → 56.5% (2020-2024)
+39 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.4% (2015-2019) → 91.7% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
19.6% (2015-2019) → 31.8% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateWorsening
15.1% (2015-2019) → 25.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.1× (2015-2019) → 3.1× (2020-2024)
+47%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Ronceverte, West Virginia improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 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.

Improved1

Broadband+15 points76.4% → 91.7%

Declined3

Uninsured+8.8 points7.8% → 16.7%
Rent / income+12 points19.6% → 31.8%
Price / income+1.0×2.1× → 3.1×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Ronceverte, West Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.2 min2015-2019	19.4 min2020-2024	+1.2 min	Within the margin of error	34%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%2015-2019	17.3%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Broadband subscriptions	76.4%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	81%
Child poverty rate	27.9%2015-2019	31.0%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Effective property tax rate	0.44%2015-2019	0.51%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	9%
High school diploma or higher	85.4%2015-2019	88.5%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	23%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4242015-2019	0.4802020-2024	+0.056	Within the margin of error	14%
Median household income	$46,0002015-2019	$41,8892020-2024	−8.9%	Within the margin of error	3%
Poverty rate	15.1%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	19.6%2015-2019	31.8%2020-2024	+12 points	Declined	7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.8%2015-2019	16.7%2020-2024	+8.8 points	Declined	4%

“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 Ronceverte, West Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ronceverte, 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, Ronceverte, West Virginia itself moved −15.5 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

1,419 residents (±338)

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

690 households (±152)

Ronceverte, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $25k29%†201
$25k–50k35%†242
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

690 households (±152)

Ronceverte, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Own65%448
Rent35%†242

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

595 workers (±169)

Ronceverte, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Drive alone89%529
Carpool4.9%†29
Public transit0.0%0

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 Greenbrier County, the county holding most of Ronceverte's residents.

Greenbrier County has 888 employer establishments, 276 for every 10,000 residents (1.11× the US rate of 248; 1.36× West Virginia's), with 10,528 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,865. The Census Bureau also counts 2,331 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 888; 2,331 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 276; US 248 · West Virginia 202
Paid employees: 10,528
Average annual pay: $42,865; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	101	31.4	1.51×More than typical	1,306	$66,525	109
Restaurants and other eating places	59	18.3	1.00×About typical	843	$21,888	10
Specialty trade contractors	55	17.1	1.10×About typical	233	$42,747	163
Construction of buildings	48	14.9	1.97×More than typical	332	$37,617	93
Religious organizations	36	11.2	2.02×More than typical	141	$21,270	—
Lessors of real estate	32	10	0.81×About typical	74	$50,932	288
Outpatient care centers	27	8.4	4.56×More than typical	394	$58,307	—
Full-service restaurants	26	8.1	1.05×About typical	435	$22,308	4
Limited-service restaurants	26	8.1	1.01×About typical	337	$21,374	4
Building equipment contractors	23	7.2	1.19×About typical	70	$35,486	41
Offices of physicians	23	7.2	1.10×About typical	535	$84,406	35
Gasoline stations	22	6.8	2.11×More than typical	196	$28,010	3

Rank places for an industry Open Greenbrier County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 32,154 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 $136.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Ronceverte, West Virginia: $96.19 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $136.5K; −0.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $96.19; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$136.5K100%

Top recipients

INTEGRATED MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, LLC$136.5K100%

Spending by fiscal year

687.2FY2018
393.8FY2019
137.1KFY2025
136.5KFY2026

What was bought

Health & medical$136.5K100%

Top industries (NAICS)

General medical and surgical hospitals · 6221$136.5K100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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 Ronceverte, West Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Ronceverte, West Virginia's figures are part of those of Greenbrier County, WV ($7.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.9% of that total.

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

See federal money in Greenbrier 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.

Ronceverte, 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.

Greenbrier County34100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Greenbrier 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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