Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety55#413/924
Economy46#496/925
Housing57#395/925
Health4#889/925
Healthcare78#202/923
Environment50#456/917
Education37#583/925
Infrastructure13#807/925
Community51#457/925
Leisure & amenities84#146/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clarksburg, WV micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Severe housing problems · low9.4%
95/100West Virginia 11.1%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high2.6 /10k
94/100West Virginia 2.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Primary care physicians · high104 /100k
93/100West Virginia 80 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high8.3 /10k
92/100West Virginia 5.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Gyms and fitness centers · high1.7 /10k
91/100West Virginia 0.8 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Social associations · high15.2 /10k
88/100West Virginia 12.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Frequent mental distress · high22.4%
1/100West Virginia 23.4%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Depression · high31.2%
2/100West Virginia 31.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · low22.4%
4/100West Virginia 24.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Adult smoking · high19.8%
10/100West Virginia 21.4%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Injury deaths · high127 /100k
11/100West Virginia 151 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · high28.7 /100k
12/100West Virginia 36.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Homicide rateImproving
5.8 /100k (2021) → 1.7 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−70%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 13% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+13 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
6.4 /1k (2020) → 9.1 /1k (2025)
+42%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.1% (2015-2019) → 85.9% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
41.9% (2015-2019) → 49.4% (2020-2024)
+7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Mental health providersImproving
199 /100k (2021) → 272 /100k (2025)
+37%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k

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, WV micropolitan area improved on 13 of 28 measures with a comparison and declined on 9. 5 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Libraries+31%0.9 /10k → 1.1 /10k
Homicides−73%6.4 /100k → 1.7 /100k
Restaurants+15%7.4 /10k → 8.5 /10k
Unemployment−4.5 points8.3% → 3.8%
Arts & recreation+23%6.8 /10k → 8.3 /10k

Declined9

Rent burden+7.5 points41.9% → 49.4%
Suicides+28%18.6 /100k → 23.8 /100k
Uninsured+1.4 points7.2% → 8.6%
Rent / income+2.5 points27.3% → 29.8%
Inequality+0.0180.443 → 0.461

All 28 measures

Change of every measure of Clarksburg, WV micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.8 /10k2020	8.3 /10k2025	+23%	Improved	78%
Average commute time	24.9 min2015-2019	23.8 min2020-2024	−1.1 min	Within the margin of error	89%
Average weekly wage	$1,0282020	$1,2582025	+22%	Improved	40%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%2015-2019	24.7%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Improved	59%
Broadband subscriptions	78.1%2015-2019	85.9%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Improved	36%
Child poverty rate	21.1%2015-2019	18.0%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Distance to an airport	83 mi2020	83 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	20%
Effective property tax rate	0.55%2015-2019	0.53%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Firearm deaths	19.2 /100k2020	17.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−7.7%	Improved	62%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−9.6%	Declined	24%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.4 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+18%	Improved	68%
High school diploma or higher	88.2%2015-2019	89.0%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	48%
Homicide rate	6.4 /100k2020	1.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−73%	Improved	89%
Income adjusted for local prices	$55,9012019	$70,8882024	+27%	Improved	15%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4432015-2019	0.4612020-2024	+0.018	Declined	17%
Median household income	$51,5522015-2019	$59,9282020-2024	+16%	Improved	6%
New business applications	6.4 /1k2020	9.1 /1k2025	+42%	Improved	43%
Pharmacies	3.0 /10k2020	2.6 /10k2025	−13%	Declined	38%
Poverty rate	15.6%2015-2019	14.3%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Public libraries	0.9 /10k2019	1.1 /10k2024	+31%	Improved	98%
Rent as share of income	27.3%2015-2019	29.8%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Declined	16%
Rent-burdened households	41.9%2015-2019	49.4%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Declined	8%
Restaurants and bars	7.4 /10k2020	8.5 /10k2025	+15%	Improved	87%
Suicide rate	18.6 /100k2020	23.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+28%	Declined	18%
Traffic deaths	10.9 /100k2015-2019	13.9 /100k2020-2024	+27%	Declined	20%
Unemployment rate	8.3%2020	3.8%2025	−4.5 points	Improved	88%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.2%2015-2019	8.6%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Declined	15%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Clarksburg, WV micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clarksburg, WV micropolitan area 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, WV micropolitan area itself moved −3.1 points in standing on average over the same 27 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

89,182 residents

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

35,511 households (±514)

Clarksburg, WV micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k20%7,033
$25k–50k22%7,981
$50k–75k17%6,146

Homes

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

Owners and renters

35,511 households (±514)

Clarksburg, WV micropolitan area
United States share

Own77%27,199
Rent23%8,312

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

37,159 workers (±921)

Clarksburg, WV micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone80%29,579
Carpool7.4%2,735
Public transit0.1%†30

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 no occupation wages for Clarksburg, WV micropolitan area.

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.

Clarksburg, WV has 2,073 employer establishments, 234 for every 10,000 residents (0.94× the US rate of 248), with 32,928 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,660. The Census Bureau also counts 5,206 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,073; 5,206 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 234; US 248
Paid employees: 32,928
Average annual pay: $57,660; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	166	18.7	1.02×About typical	3,119	$19,170	21
Ambulatory health care services	145	16.4	0.78×Fewer than typical	2,059	$66,454	181
Specialty trade contractors	103	11.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	1,052	$65,302	292
Religious organizations	94	10.6	1.91×More than typical	396	$19,253	—
Limited-service restaurants	83	9.4	1.17×About typical	1,491	$16,545	13
Construction of buildings	67	7.6	1.00×About typical	327	$44,688	180
Full-service restaurants	64	7.2	0.94×About typical	1,443	$21,927	5
Lessors of real estate	52	5.9	0.48×Fewer than typical	261	$59,973	528
Offices of other health practitioners	52	5.9	0.97×About typical	673	$39,397	83
Automotive repair and maintenance	51	5.8	1.14×About typical	193	$37,306	73
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	50	5.6	2.12×More than typical	428	$27,879	41
Banks and credit unions	50	5.6	1.75×More than typical	384	$57,185	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 88,661 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $194.5M on contracts performed in Clarksburg, WV micropolitan area: $2,206 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $194.5M; +13% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,206; US $1,995
Sole-source: 10%; US 30%
Single offer: 9.0%; 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 Bureau of Investigation$124.4M64%
Department of Veterans Affairs$40.3M21%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$12.6M6.5%
Defense Logistics Agency$7.7M3.9%
Department of the Army$3.5M1.8%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$1.9M1.0%
Public Buildings Service$1.2M0.6%
Department of State$983.4K0.5%

Top recipients

FUSION TECHNOLOGY LLC$25.3M13%
LEIDOS, INC.$25.2M13%
TRILOGY INNOVATIONS INC.$18.8M9.6%
THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC$17M8.8%
MANTECH ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$12.6M6.5%

Spending by fiscal year

358.1MFY2017
254.5MFY2018
184.2MFY2019
193.9MFY2020
236.8MFY2021
349.2MFY2022
128.4MFY2023
223.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$112.4M58%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$30.8M16%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$7.8M4.0%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$7.4M3.8%
Employment services · 5613$7.2M3.7%

Largest awards

CJIS FAST LESS$73.6M
FUSION TECHNOLOGY LLC· Harrison County, WV· Professional services· Apr 15, 2024 – Apr 21, 2026· 15F06724F0000127
ITAU/SWM/RENEW SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE FOR CA/BROADCOM SOFTWARE$71.6M
THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC· Harrison County, WV· IT & telecom· Apr 25, 2022 – Feb 24, 2026· 15F06722F0000665
CJIS FAST- BIOMETRIC SERVICES$45.4M
LEIDOS, INC.· Harrison County, WV· Professional services· Jan 17, 2025 – Sep 25, 2026· 15F06725F0000117
NOAA CYBER SECURITY CENTER$36.3M

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $642.4M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Clarksburg, WV micropolitan area: $7,288 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $642.4M; −10% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,288; US $12,975
Loan face value: $18.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$358.2M56%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$74M12%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$57.2M8.9%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$47.6M7.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$25.2M3.9%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$20.6M3.2%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$13M2.0%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$11.8M1.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

WVDOT DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS$35.9M5.6%
CHARLESTON, WV
EXECUTIVE OFFICE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA$6.6M1.0%
CHARLESTON, WV
THE CLARKSBURG-HARRISON REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY$6M0.9%
CLARKSBURG, WV
SALEM INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY$5.9M0.9%
SALEM, WV
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION, INC.

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$488.2M76%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$82.8M13%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$35.7M5.6%
Department of Transportation
Railroad Retirement Board$8.1M1.3%
Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration$7.1M1.1%

Assistance by fiscal year

603.1MFY2021
625.3MFY2022
653.4MFY2023
648.6MFY2024
717.4MFY2025
642.4MFY2026

County aggregates

90%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Clarksburg, WV

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

ClarksburgPrincipal city15,549

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in West Virginia

Areas based in West Virginia, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined9

Metro and micro areas like Clarksburg, WV micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Clarksburg, WV

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in West Virginia

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved13

Declined9

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought