City safety & data profile
HuntingtonWV
Huntington, WV is a 49K-resident city in Cabell County with a median household income of $45,100.
Cabell County, West Virginia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Huntington, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Huntington has a population larger than 78% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $127,200, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-04
- 49K
- Population (place)
- Top 22%
- By size
- $45,100
- Median income (place)
- $127,200
- Median home (place)
- 25.7%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Huntington
Huntington posts a median household income higher than 4% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Huntington area.
- Bottom 5%
- by median income, US cities
- 5
- hospitals in & near Huntington
Where Huntington income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$45,100 Bottom 4% higher than 4% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in WV
Population among 15 WV places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Huntington
Huntington, WV
48,638 residents
- Charleston
Charleston, WV
46,838 residents
- Parkersburg
Parkersburg, WV
30,991 residents
- Morgantown
Morgantown, WV
30,708 residents
- Wheeling
Wheeling, WV
27,648 residents
- Weirton 19,175
Weirton, WV
19,175 residents
- Fairmont 18,733
Fairmont, WV
18,733 residents
- Martinsburg 17,700
Martinsburg, WV
17,700 residents
- Beckley 17,056
Beckley, WV
17,056 residents
- Clarksburg 16,152
Clarksburg, WV
16,152 residents
What this shows Huntington is the largest WV city on this list; Teays Valley leads median income.
Highest median incomes in WV
Median household income among the same 15-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Teays Valley
Teays Valley, WV
$108,741 median
- Charleston
Charleston, WV
$65,812 median
- South Charle…
South Charleston, WV
$63,884 median
- Fairmont
Fairmont, WV
$63,032 median
- Vienna
Vienna, WV
$60,388 median
- Weirton
Weirton, WV
$59,575 median
- Martinsburg
Martinsburg, WV
$59,555 median
- Saint Albans
Saint Albans, WV
$53,972 median
- Bluefield
Bluefield, WV
$49,375 median
- Parkersburg
Parkersburg, WV
$49,025 median
What this shows Teays Valley posts the highest place-level median income in WV; Huntington is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Huntington, WV beyond the headline numbers
Huntington sits inside Cabell County, West Virginia, at roughly 38.42°N, -82.45°W. Population 48,638, $45,100 median household income. Median home value $127,200, median rent $912. Poverty rate 25.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
5 hospitals in/around Huntington, 3.7/5 avg rating, 3 with an ER.
25.7% of Huntington, WV residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Huntington runs about 2.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Remote work covers 9.4% of Huntington workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 13.5% in Huntington, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
Huntington's median age is 34.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Huntington from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Cabell County): Huntington's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 25.7% +107% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 6.8% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 35.3% |
| Work From Home | 9.4% |
| Public Transit | 1.5% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 5 total
What alerts and safety updates affect Huntington?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Huntington right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet WV-HUNTINGTON-WV · Huntington
Huntington: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Huntington; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse West Virginia state hubs · Methodology
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Huntington, both outside West Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WV (25.7% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WV ($45,100 here).
Compare Huntington with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Huntington's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Huntington area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Huntington against West Virginia peers on any ranking lens. Explore West Virginia
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Cabell County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.