County · West Virginia

Kanawha County, West Virginia

Kanawha County, West Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 44 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,768 of 3,143 US counties. Within West Virginia it ranks #12 of 55 counties. It ranks best on primary care physicians (high), distance to an Amtrak station (low) and dentists (high). It ranks worst on injury deaths (high), drug overdose deaths (high) and depression (high).

44Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,768 of 3,143 counties
West Virginia: #12 of 55 in WV
Population: 172,381 (2025)
Land area: 902 mi²
Density: 191.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 54039

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 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.

Safety18#2,547/3,096
Economy40#1,893/3,143
Housing68#1,007/3,140
Health5#2,990/3,144
Healthcare65#1,092/3,143
Environment38#1,941/3,108
Education53#1,474/3,144
Infrastructure66#1,072/3,144
Community38#1,939/3,144
Leisure & amenities78#688/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Primary care physicians · high132 /100k
97/100West Virginia 80 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
93/100West Virginia 30 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Dentists · high93 /100k
93/100West Virginia 60 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Pharmacies · high3.4 /10k
93/100West Virginia 2.8 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cost of buying a home today · low19.0%
91/100West Virginia 21.2%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Public transit commuters · high1.3%
89/100West Virginia 0.5%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301

Weaknesses

Injury deaths · high190 /100k
1/100West Virginia 151 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drug overdose deaths · high45.8 /100k
2/100West Virginia 36.6 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Depression · high31.8%
2/100West Virginia 31.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high23.0%
2/100West Virginia 23.4%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Property crime rate · high2,677 /100k
3/100West Virginia 1,053 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Natural hazard risk · high96.7
3/100West Virginia 76.92025Federal Emergency Management Agency

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 26% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+26 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
1 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
New homes permittedWorsening
1.2 /1k (2021) → 0.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−66%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
225 /100k (2021) → 365 /100k (2025)
+62%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
107.8 /100k (2021) → 45.8 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−58%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
9.0 /100k (2021) → 3.9 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−57%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /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, Kanawha County, West Virginia improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 18 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.

Improved12

Unemployment−4.8 points8.9% → 4.1%
Homicides−68%12.2 /100k → 3.9 /100k
Overdose deaths−54%100.4 /100k → 45.8 /100k
Bachelor's++4.2 points25.5% → 29.7%
High school++2.8 points88.7% → 91.4%

Declined1

Transit use−0.9 points2.2% → 1.2%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Kanawha County, West Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.1 /10k2020	5.7 /10k2025	+12%	Within the margin of error	62%
Average commute time	21.3 min2015-2019	21.8 min2020-2024	+0.6 min	Within the margin of error	45%
Average weekly wage	$9992020	$1,2352025	+24%	Improved	49%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%2015-2019	29.7%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Improved	75%
Broadband subscriptions	78.2%2015-2019	88.2%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	50%
Child poverty rate	21.2%2019	21.8%2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Distance to an airport	131 mi2020	131 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	100.4 /100k2020	45.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−54%	Improved	80%
Effective property tax rate	0.67%2015-2019	0.63%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Firearm deaths	18.3 /100k2020	19.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+6.6%	Within the margin of error	38%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−2.7%	Within the margin of error	43%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+14%	Within the margin of error	68%
High school diploma or higher	88.7%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Improved	68%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	87%
Homicide rate	12.2 /100k2020	3.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−68%	Improved	82%
Income adjusted for local prices	$54,1872019	$71,7492024	+32%	Improved	55%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4842015-2019	0.4782020-2024	−0.006	Within the margin of error	65%
Median household income	$48,3342019	$62,1372024	+29%	Improved	69%
New business applications	6.9 /1k2020	9.5 /1k2025	+38%	Improved	42%
Pharmacies	4.1 /10k2020	3.4 /10k2025	−16%	Within the margin of error	32%
Poverty rate	16.3%2019	15.3%2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Property crime rate	3,154 /100k2020	2,677 /100k2025	−15%	Improved	21%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	+2.9%	Within the margin of error	74%
Public transit commuters	2.2%2015-2019	1.2%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Declined	19%
Rent as share of income	28.0%2015-2019	28.6%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Rent-burdened households	45.0%2015-2019	47.4%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Restaurants and bars	8.1 /10k2020	9.2 /10k2025	+13%	Within the margin of error	78%
Students per teacher	14.1×2019	13.6×2024	−0.5×	Little change	45%
Suicide rate	16.6 /100k2020	18.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+10%	Within the margin of error	35%
Traffic deaths	14.3 /100k2015-2019	15.5 /100k2020-2024	+8.7%	Within the margin of error	44%
Unemployment rate	8.9%2020	4.1%2025	−4.8 points	Improved	92%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.1%2019	7.4%2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Violent crime rate	648 /100k2020	459 /100k2025	−29%	Improved	67%

“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 Kanawha County, West Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kanawha 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, Kanawha County, West Virginia itself moved +1.8 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

176,537 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

76,459 households (±898)

Kanawha County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Under $25k20%15,605
$25k–50k20%15,578
$50k–75k20%14,916

Homes

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

Owners and renters

76,459 households (±898)

Kanawha County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Own71%54,328
Rent29%22,131

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.0 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

75,528 workers (±1,645)

Kanawha County, West Virginia
West Virginia share

Drive alone77%58,369
Carpool7.7%5,824
Public transit1.2%†941

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 Charleston, 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.

Kanawha County has 4,396 employer establishments, 252 for every 10,000 residents (1.01× the US rate of 248; 1.24× West Virginia's), with 74,799 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,183. The Census Bureau also counts 9,694 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,396; 9,694 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 252; US 248 · West Virginia 202
Paid employees: 74,799
Average annual pay: $56,183; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	406	23.3	1.12×About typical	5,720	$70,992	482
Restaurants and other eating places	347	19.9	1.08×About typical	6,991	$20,566	42
Specialty trade contractors	208	11.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	2,097	$67,298	432
Limited-service restaurants	183	10.5	1.31×More than typical	3,701	$17,993	17
Religious organizations	174	10	1.80×More than typical	1,129	$25,156	—
Legal services	160	9.2	1.71×More than typical	1,454	$83,662	195
Lessors of real estate	149	8.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	545	$43,985	1,069
Offices of physicians	138	7.9	1.22×About typical	1,500	$98,638	137
Full-service restaurants	136	7.8	1.02×About typical	2,997	$23,762	16
Offices of other health practitioners	102	5.8	0.96×About typical	833	$52,381	189
Automotive repair and maintenance	100	5.7	1.14×About typical	581	$38,208	90
Building equipment contractors	96	5.5	0.91×About typical	1,182	$73,576	109

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 174,434 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 $57.9M on contracts performed in Kanawha County, West Virginia: $336 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $57.9M; −2.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $336; US $2,007
Sole-source: 10%; US 30%
Single offer: 17%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$13.1M23%
Department of Veterans Affairs$12M21%
Department of the Army$9.5M16%
U.S. Coast Guard$7.9M14%
Public Buildings Service$6.4M11%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$4.1M7.0%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$2.4M4.1%
Food and Drug Administration$674.9K1.2%

Top recipients

QUALITY INSIGHTS, INC$14.1M24%
MANAGEMENT & TRAINING CORPORATION$13.1M23%
GFT INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.$7.9M14%
NORTHERN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.$5.5M9.5%
CELEEN LLC$3.1M5.3%

Spending by fiscal year

61.3MFY2017
69.3MFY2018
60.6MFY2019
66.5MFY2020
50.6MFY2021
64.9MFY2022
65.4MFY2023
49.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Technical and trade schools · 6115$16.1M28%
Business, professional, labor, political, and similar organizations · 8139$11.7M20%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$8.5M15%
Facilities support services · 5612$5.5M9.5%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$3M5.2%
Other residential care facilities · 6239$2.9M

Largest awards

CHARLESTON JOB CORPS CENTER W/ OA/CTS$42.6M
MANAGEMENT & TRAINING CORPORATION· Kanawha County, WV· Education & social services· Nov 29, 2022 – Aug 11, 2026· 1605JE23C0003
FACILITIES ENGINEERING, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA FIELD OFFICES. BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT CALL ORDER 47PN0323F0012 FOR OPTION YEARS 2-9. AWARDED FOR OPTION 2 IN THE AMOUNT $4,886,370.72.$20.3M
NORTHERN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.· Kanawha County, WV· Construction & real property· Aug 22, 2023 – Aug 4, 2026· 47PN0323F0012
EXTERNAL PEER REVIEW PROGRAM$19.5M
QUALITY INSIGHTS, INC· Kanawha County, WV· Professional services· Jun 13, 2025 – Jul 14, 2026· 36C77625C0030

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Explore contracts in Kanawha County, West Virginia

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 $1.4B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Kanawha County, West Virginia: $8,078 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.4B; −6.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,078; US $12,975
Loan face value: $64.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$795.3M57%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$139.6M10%

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 Kanawha 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Kanawha County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
FY2017	$334	$1,436
FY2018	$384	$1,552
FY2019	$340	$1,654
FY2020	$369	$1,880
FY2021	$284	$1,810
FY2022	$369	$1,917
FY2023	$375	$2,079
FY2024	$283	$2,047
FY2025	$345	$2,165
FY2026	$336 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Kanawha County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
FY2017	$34.83	$93.28
FY2018	$24.64	$105
FY2019	$23.89	$128
FY2020	$36.54	$145
FY2021	$3.17	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Kanawha County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
FY2021	$1,989	$5,748
FY2022	$1,520	$5,221
FY2023	$1,456	$5,364
FY2024	$8,168	$5,501
FY2025	$1,176	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Kanawha County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
FY2021	$93.60	$298
FY2022	$92.15	$357
FY2023	$27.04	$301
FY2024	$45.84	$319
FY2025	$90.98	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Kanawha County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
FY2021	$1,169	$239
FY2022	$443	$185
FY2023	$491	$229
FY2024	$469	$229
FY2025	$505	$249
FY2026	$325

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Kanawha County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
FY2021	$132	$2,304
FY2022	$265	$2,197
FY2023	$149	$2,274
FY2024	$203	$2,267
FY2025	$126	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Kanawha County, West Virginia and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
FY2021	$664	$1,186
FY2022	$242	$465
FY2023	$14.88	$76.52
FY2024	$55.34	$120
FY2025	$39.21	$148
FY2026	$41.36

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Kanawha County, West Virginia and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
2014	−0.2%

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.

HHS grants · FY2022

$265 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of $132 (2× that).

Compared with 5 similar counties

Kanawha County, West Virginia
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Uninsured residents (under 65): change since 2021points

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/54039

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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.

Kanawha 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

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Kanawha County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Charleston, WV42Central county

Cities and towns in Kanawha County

Places whose residents live mostly in Kanawha 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 2026-10-09
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 2026-10-06
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
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/54039

Calendar years	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
2014	−3.4%	−4.2%
2015	−1.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+3.3%
2018	+5.7%	+6.8%
2019	+8.5%	+10.5%
2020	+14.6%	+19.4%
2021	+19.0%	+26.1%
2022	+23.6%	+30.6%
2023	+30.0%	+35.0%
2024	+36.7%	+41.0%
2025	+41.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
2014	−1.3%	−5.5%
2015	+0.2%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.9%	+4.1%
2018	+8.6%	+8.9%
2019	+12.2%	+13.5%
2020	+18.3%	+20.8%
2021	+28.0%	+32.1%
2022	+33.4%	+35.4%
2023	+40.7%	+42.9%
2024	+46.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
2014	1.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.5/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.6/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
2014	−2.3%	−6.9%
2015	−0.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−3.0%	+4.7%
2018	−6.7%	+7.5%
2019	+7.5%	+14.0%
2020	+6.4%	+16.9%
2021	+22.5%	+21.0%
2022	+22.7%	+29.7%
2023	+26.0%	+34.9%
2024	+38.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
2014	16.8%	15.5%
2015	16.5%	14.7%
2016	16.8%	14.0%
2017	18.1%	13.4%
2018	17.1%	13.1%
2019	16.3%	12.3%
2020	15.7%	11.9%
2021	15.9%	12.8%
2022	17.7%	12.6%
2023	15.6%	12.5%
2024	15.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
2014	5.8%	6.2%
2015	5.8%	5.3%
2016	5.7%	4.9%
2017	5.2%	4.4%
2018	5.1%	3.9%
2019	4.7%	3.7%
2020	8.9%	8.1%
2021	5.3%	5.4%
2022	3.8%	3.7%
2023	3.6%	3.6%
2024	3.9%	4.0%
2025	4.1%	4.3%

Calendar years	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
2014	−2.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−1.8% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+1.1% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+5.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+12.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+21.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+31.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+39.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+47.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+48.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	— (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	— (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	— (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	— (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
2014	9.7%	13.5%
2015	6.8%	10.9%
2016	6.2%	10.0%
2017	7.0%	10.2%
2018	8.1%	10.4%
2019	8.1%	10.8%
2020	7.9%	10.4%
2021	6.8%	10.2%
2022	7.5%	9.5%
2023	6.7%	9.5%
2024	7.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Kanawha County, West Virginia	United States
2014	4.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.3/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.8/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.5/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Kanawha County, West Virginia	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+1.3 points	+0.8 points	+0.3 points to +1.2 points
Year −2	+1.1 points	+0.6 points	+0.1 points to +1.3 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.7 points	+0.1 points	−0.5 points to +0.7 points
Year +1	−0.1 points	+0.2 points	−0.4 points to +0.8 points
Year +2	+0.6 points	−0.3 points	−0.7 points to +0.3 points

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