West Virginia: Communities · 2020–2024 ACS estimate
This comparison uses one population source and period. Types and rank scope remain explicit.
Browse all West Virginia communities · 50 states and DC comparison · Coverage policy
Communities · 2020–2024 ACS estimate
ACS figures describe a five-year collection period. Their published margins of error are shown. Adjacent estimates may not differ significantly.
This comparison applies the directory's selection policy to those estimates. Historical or unresolved identities remain available in native lookup, outside the comparison, even when an older population estimate is available. A town and an overlapping Census-designated place can both appear as typed geographies.
These are overlapping jurisdictions and communities. Do not add their populations together. A directory count describes this selection policy.
438 entries in this view. The initial list shows up to 50 entries per section.
Communities · 2020–2024 ACS estimate (438)
| Name | Type | State rank | 2020–2024 ACS population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston cityKanawha County | City | 1 | 47,421±38 |
| Huntington cityCabell County; Wayne County | City | 2 | 45,787±50 |
| Morgantown cityMonongalia County | City | 3 | 30,236±37 |
| Parkersburg cityWood County | City | 4 | 29,240±33 |
| Wheeling cityMarshall County; Ohio County | City | 5 | 26,350±207 |
| Martinsburg cityBerkeley County | City | 6 | 18,904±31 |
| Weirton cityBrooke County; Hancock County | City | 7 | 18,647±41 |
| Fairmont cityMarion County | City | 8 | 18,221±35 |
| Beckley cityRaleigh County | City | 9 | 16,818±27 |
| Clarksburg cityHarrison County | City | 10 | 15,549±31 |
| Teays Valley CDP | Census-designated place | 11 | 14,151±904 |
| South Charleston cityKanawha County | City | 12 | 13,457±28 |
| Cheat Lake CDP | Census-designated place | 13 | 10,902±787 |
| St. Albans cityKanawha County | City | 14 | 10,522±23 |
| Vienna cityWood County | City | 15 | 10,518±22 |
| Cross Lanes CDP | Census-designated place | 16 | 9,671±1,173 |
| Bluefield cityMercer County | City | 17 | 9,387±20 |
| Bridgeport cityHarrison County | City | 18 | 9,252±35 |
| Oak Hill cityFayette County | City | 19 | 7,937±22 |
| Moundsville cityMarshall County | City | 20 | 7,869±25 |
| Charles Town cityJefferson County | City | 21 | 7,337±28 |
| Dunbar cityKanawha County | City | 22 | 7,254±26 |
| Pea Ridge CDP | Census-designated place | 23 | 6,988±768 |
| Hurricane cityPutnam County | City | 24 | 6,855±38 |
| Nitro cityKanawha County; Putnam County | City | 25 | 6,853±723 |
| Elkins cityRandolph County | City | 26 | 6,811±22 |
| Brookhaven CDP | Census-designated place | 27 | 6,212±728 |
| Princeton cityMercer County | City | 28 | 5,736±32 |
| Ranson corporationJefferson County | Corporation | 29 | 5,729±22 |
| New Martinsville cityWetzel County | City | 30 | 5,133±27 |
| Buckhannon cityUpshur County | City | 31 | 5,116±31 |
| Keyser cityMineral County | City | 32 | 4,857±31 |
| Grafton cityTaylor County | City | 33 | 4,618±17 |
| Barboursville villageCabell County | Village | 34 | 4,376±18 |
| Pinch CDP | Census-designated place | 35 | 4,037±1,032 |
| Westover cityMonongalia County | City | 36 | 4,026±21 |
| Point Pleasant cityMason County | City | 37 | 3,961±15 |
| Weston cityLewis County | City | 38 | 3,840±26 |
| Lewisburg cityGreenbrier County | City | 39 | 3,835±14 |
| Ravenswood cityJackson County | City | 40 | 3,830±16 |
| Sissonville CDP | Census-designated place | 41 | 3,593±623 |
| Welch cityMcDowell County | City | 42 | 3,507±23 |
| Pleasant Valley cityMarion County | City | 43 | 3,482±16 |
| Shannondale CDP | Census-designated place | 44 | 3,465±397 |
| Shady Spring CDP | Census-designated place | 45 | 3,381±783 |
| Summersville cityNicholas County | City | 46 | 3,373±15 |
| Blennerhassett CDP | Census-designated place | 47 | 3,282±685 |
| Ripley cityJackson County | City | 48 | 3,071±16 |
| Culloden CDP | Census-designated place | 49 | 3,040±532 |
| Williamstown cityWood County | City | 50 | 2,980±42 |
No records in this section under this view's inclusion policy.
Download the complete comparison CSV. Geography, source periods and missing-value meanings are documented in the field dictionary.