County · West Virginia

Jackson County, West Virginia

Jackson County, West Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 23 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,434 of 3,143 US counties. Within West Virginia it ranks #37 of 55 counties. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), drought exposure (low) and cost of buying a home today (low). It ranks worst on depression (high), frequent mental distress (high) and drug overdose deaths (high).

23Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,434 of 3,143 counties
West Virginia: #37 of 55 in WV
Population: 27,450 (2025)
Land area: 464 mi²
Density: 59.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 54035

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety68#988/3,096
Economy19#2,558/3,143
Housing60#1,249/3,140
Health6#2,951/3,144
Healthcare51#1,544/3,143
Environment12#2,733/3,108
Education49#1,602/3,144
Infrastructure6#2,971/3,144
Community19#2,544/3,144
Leisure & amenities29#2,225/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Jackson County, West Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Property crime rate · low95 /100k
99/100West Virginia 1,053 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Drought exposure · low11%
84/100West Virginia 31%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Cost of buying a home today · low22.0%
81/100West Virginia 21.2%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
81/100West Virginia 3.2 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Reading scores · high3.20
79/100West Virginia 2.92United States 3.052018University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Effective property tax rate · low0.52%
76/100West Virginia 0.50%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Weaknesses

Depression · high32.4%
1/100West Virginia 31.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high22.8%
2/100West Virginia 23.4%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drug overdose deaths · high32.1 /100k
3/100West Virginia 36.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Broadband subscriptions · low77.1%
4/100West Virginia 86.1%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
6/100West Virginia 2.2 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
9/100West Virginia 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Trends

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

Homicide rateImproving
5.5 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
33.4% (2010 & 2021) → 52.0% (2022 & 2024)
+19 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Property crime rateImproving
352 /100k (2020) → 95 /100k (2025)
−73%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
5.3 /1k (2020) → 8.4 /1k (2025)
+58%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 11% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+11 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
29.2% (2020 & 2021) → 38.1% (2023 & 2024)
+8.9 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%

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, Jackson County, West Virginia improved on 6 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 23 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved6

Property crime−73%352 /100k → 95 /100k
Unemployment−4.5 points10.1% → 5.6%
New businesses+58%5.3 /1k → 8.4 /1k
Household income+24%$50,808 → $63,024
Real income+26%$46,372 → $58,494

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Jackson County, West Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.7 /10k2020	4.0 /10k2025	−15%	Within the margin of error	17%
Average commute time	28.6 min2015-2019	28.6 min2020-2024	−0.0 min	Within the margin of error	58%
Average weekly wage	$9362020	$1,0562025	+13%	Improved	4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%2015-2019	19.6%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Broadband subscriptions	73.9%2015-2019	77.1%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Child poverty rate	23.0%2019	19.4%2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Distance to an airport	102 mi2020	102 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	0.55%2015-2019	0.52%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Firearm deaths	18.1 /100k2020	13.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−24%	Within the margin of error	83%
Grocery stores	0.7 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+1%	Within the margin of error	58%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+1%	Within the margin of error	51%
High school diploma or higher	88.3%2015-2019	89.6%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	90%
Homicide rate	4.9 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Within the margin of error	92%
Income adjusted for local prices	$46,3722019	$58,4942024	+26%	Improved	17%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4552015-2019	0.4942020-2024	+0.039	Within the margin of error	10%
Median household income	$50,8082019	$63,0242024	+24%	Improved	46%
New business applications	5.3 /1k2020	8.4 /1k2025	+58%	Improved	67%
Pharmacies	2.5 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−28%	Within the margin of error	16%
Poverty rate	16.7%2019	17.5%2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Property crime rate	352 /100k2020	95 /100k2025	−73%	Improved	96%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	+4.2%	Within the margin of error	79%
Rent as share of income	24.1%2015-2019	28.2%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Rent-burdened households	38.4%2015-2019	47.0%2020-2024	+8.6 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Restaurants and bars	5.0 /10k2020	5.5 /10k2025	+8.2%	Within the margin of error	70%
Students per teacher	13.7×2019	13.4×2024	−0.3×	Little change	36%
Suicide rate	19.2 /100k2020	16.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−15%	Within the margin of error	81%
Traffic deaths	21.4 /100k2015-2019	21.0 /100k2020-2024	−2.1%	Within the margin of error	58%
Unemployment rate	10.1%2020	5.6%2025	−4.5 points	Improved	89%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.5%2019	7.3%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Violent crime rate	255 /100k2020	206 /100k2025	−19%	Within the margin of error	54%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Jackson County, West Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jackson County, 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, Jackson County, West Virginia itself moved −2.3 points in standing on average over the same 31 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

27,705 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

11,515 households (±295)

Jackson County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $25k22%2,580
$25k–50k23%2,684
$50k–75k15%1,758

Homes

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

Owners and renters

11,515 households (±295)

Jackson County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Own79%9,056
Rent21%2,459

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

10,395 workers (±654)

Jackson County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Drive alone79%8,184
Carpool7.9%†824
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.

Jackson County has 472 employer establishments, 171 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248; 0.84× West Virginia's), with 6,630 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,535. The Census Bureau also counts 1,498 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 472; 1,498 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 171; US 248 · West Virginia 202
Paid employees: 6,630
Average annual pay: $50,535; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	40	14.5	0.70×Fewer than typical	254	$49,567	50
Restaurants and other eating places	38	13.8	0.75×Fewer than typical	786	$15,683	5
Specialty trade contractors	27	9.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	172	$57,709	99
Religious organizations	23	8.3	1.50×More than typical	80	$20,075	—
Gasoline stations	20	7.2	2.23×More than typical	228	$27,965	—
Limited-service restaurants	20	7.2	0.90×About typical	535	$15,994	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	18	6.5	1.29×More than typical	101	$37,713	27
Full-service restaurants	15	5.4	0.71×Fewer than typical	234	$15,709	—
Building equipment contractors	13	4.7	0.78×Fewer than typical	106	$63,245	23
Offices of other health practitioners	13	4.7	0.78×Fewer than typical	39	$46,359	26
Banks and credit unions	12	4.3	1.35×More than typical	135	$41,104	—
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	11	4	2.42×More than typical	102	$57,833	—

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 27,605 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $0 on contracts performed in Jackson County, West Virginia: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

6.8MFY2017
6.9MFY2018
6MFY2019
-100.9KFY2020
-16.7KFY2021
217.2KFY2022
0FY2023
0FY2024

What was bought

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.

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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 $265.9M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Jackson County, West Virginia: $9,687 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $265.9M; −11% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,687; US $12,957
Loan face value: $4.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.8%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$119.9M45%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$43.3M16%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$24.8M9.3%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$21.6M8.1%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$17.5M6.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$17.2M6.5%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$8.5M3.2%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$2.7M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

WVDOT DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS$61.8M23%
CHARLESTON, WV
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF COUNTY OF JACKSON$3.6M1.4%
RIPLEY, WV
NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT$1M0.4%
SANDYVILLE, WV
WESTBROOK HEALTH SERVICES, INC$1M0.4%
PARKERSBURG, WV
RIPLEY-WEDGEWOOD$223K

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$170.4M64%
Federal Highway Administration$61.8M23%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$24.1M9.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$3.6M1.4%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Assistance by fiscal year

177.4MFY2021
180.2MFY2022
221.4MFY2023
230.6MFY2024
297.4MFY2025
265.9MFY2026

County aggregates

74%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Jackson County, West Virginia compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Jackson County, West Virginia
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States
FY2017	$236	$1,436
FY2018	$241	$1,552
FY2019	$209	$1,654
FY2020	-$3.64	$1,880
FY2021	-$0.60	$1,810
FY2022	$7.86	$1,917
FY2023	$0	$2,079
FY2024	$0	$2,047
FY2025	$0	$2,165
FY2026	$0 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States
FY2021	$209	$5,748
FY2022	$134	$5,221
FY2023	$1,241	$5,364
FY2024	$1,331	$5,501
FY2025	$3,177	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States
FY2021	$62.54	$298
FY2022	$70.34	$357
FY2023	$1,151	$301
FY2024	$919	$319
FY2025	$289	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States
FY2021	$131	$239
FY2022	$144	$185
FY2023	$149	$229
FY2024	$145	$229
FY2025	$144	$249
FY2026	$148

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States
FY2021	$115	$2,304
FY2022	$8.83	$2,197
FY2023	$50.71	$2,274
FY2024	$37.44	$2,267
FY2025	$34.51	$2,397
FY2026	$36.43

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jackson County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States
FY2021	$435	$1,186
FY2022	$132	$465
FY2023	$45.15	$76.52
FY2024	$83.54	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$0

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Jackson County, West Virginia
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Jackson County, West Virginia and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Contracts and grants · FY2023

$1,241 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $171 (7.2× that).

Compared with 15 similar counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/54035

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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.

Jackson County, 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

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Cities and towns in Jackson County

Places whose residents live mostly in Jackson County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
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
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/54035

Year

Jackson County, West Virginia

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−14.7 points

−12.7 points

−13.9 points to −10.3 points

Year −2

−6.4 points

+0.4 points

−4.1 points to +4.8 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

+8.3 points

−2.6 points

−6.4 points to 0.0 points

Year +1

−9.4 points

−2.6 points

−6.8 points to +0.6 points

Year +2

−3.2 points

−2.3 points

−8.9 points to +7.0 points

Year

Jackson County, West Virginia

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Calendar years	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States
2014	−2.1%	−4.2%
2015	−2.2%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.5%	+3.3%
2018	+80.5%	+6.8%
2019	+31.0%	+10.5%
2020	+28.6%	+19.4%
2021	+27.9%	+26.1%
2022	+29.4%	+30.6%
2023	+47.7%	+35.0%
2024	+39.8%	+41.0%
2025	+45.1%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States
2014	−1.5%	−5.5%
2015	+1.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+4.1%
2018	+12.8%	+8.9%
2019	+15.1%	+13.5%
2020	+23.1%	+20.8%
2021	+30.0%	+32.1%
2022	+33.7%	+35.4%
2023	+41.4%	+42.9%
2024	+47.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States
2014	0.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.1/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States
2014	−5.6%	−6.9%
2015	+2.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.8%	+4.7%
2018	+11.9%	+7.5%
2019	+16.7%	+14.0%
2020	+19.7%	+16.9%
2021	+34.6%	+21.0%
2022	+25.7%	+29.7%
2023	+20.6%	+34.9%
2024	+44.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States
2014	16.7%	15.5%
2015	15.4%	14.7%
2016	15.7%	14.0%
2017	17.0%	13.4%
2018	16.7%	13.1%
2019	16.7%	12.3%
2020	14.2%	11.9%
2021	15.4%	12.8%
2022	18.2%	12.6%
2023	14.8%	12.5%
2024	17.5%	12.1%

Calendar years	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States
2014	6.5%	6.2%
2015	7.0%	5.3%
2016	7.5%	4.9%
2017	6.6%	4.4%
2018	4.8%	3.9%
2019	6.0%	3.7%
2020	10.1%	8.1%
2021	6.8%	5.4%
2022	5.0%	3.7%
2023	4.8%	3.6%
2024	5.3%	4.0%
2025	5.6%	4.3%

Calendar years	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States
2014	−12.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−7.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+8.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+21.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+33.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+44.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+47.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+57.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+60.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States
2014	10.5%	13.5%
2015	7.1%	10.9%
2016	6.2%	10.0%
2017	7.2%	10.2%
2018	7.1%	10.4%
2019	7.5%	10.8%
2020	7.4%	10.4%
2021	7.4%	10.2%
2022	7.1%	9.5%
2023	7.2%	9.5%
2024	7.3%	9.8%

Calendar years	Jackson County, West Virginia	United States
2014	4.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.2/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	4.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	7.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	7.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	8.4/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Jackson County, West Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−14.7 points	−12.1 points	−13.5 points to −11.1 points
Year −2	−6.4 points	+1.8 points	−0.8 points to +4.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+8.3 points	+0.8 points	−2.8 points to +4.5 points
Year +1	−9.4 points	−0.8 points	−3.7 points to +3.3 points
Year +2	−3.2 points

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