City safety & data profile

WheelingWV

Wheeling, WV is a 28K-resident city in Ohio County with a median household income of $48,590.

Ohio County, West Virginia. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Wheeling, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Wheeling has a population larger than 60% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $146,500, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

28K
Population (place)
Top 40%
By size
$48,590
Median income (place)
$146,500
Median home (place)
20.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Wheeling

Wheeling posts a median household income higher than 7% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Wheeling area.

Bottom 8%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Wheeling

Where Wheeling income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$48,590 Bottom 7% higher than 7% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Wheeling $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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.

residents

What this shows Huntington is the largest WV city on this list; Teays Valley leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in WV

Median household income among the same 15-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Teays Valley posts the highest place-level median income in WV; Huntington is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Wheeling, WV beyond the headline numbers

Wheeling sits inside Ohio County, West Virginia, at roughly 40.06°N, -80.72°W. Population 27,648, $48,590 median household income. Median home value $146,500, median rent $794. Poverty rate 20.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Wheeling, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

20.5% of Wheeling, 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 Wheeling runs about 3.0 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 6.9% of Wheeling workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 9.1% in Wheeling, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

2.2% of Wheeling workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 45.4 years, Wheeling's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Wheeling 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.

Population (place)
27,648
Wheeling · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$48,590
-46% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$146,500
-65% vs avg
Median Age (place)
45.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Ohio County): Wheeling'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.

20132024
Population
42K-6%
Median Income
$57,094+39%
Median Home Value
$166,000+68%
Poverty Rate
17.7%+15%
Unemployment
6%-8%

Economics

Economics indicators for Wheeling, WV
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$794/mo
Poverty Rate
20.5% +65% vs avg
Unemployment 6.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 34.1%
Work From Home 6.9%
Public Transit 2.2%

Population

White 89.5%
African American 4.5%
Asian 0.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
44.7%
Short Sleep Duration
41.7%
Obesity
41%
Physical Inactivity
32.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.7%
Current Smoking
18.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.7%
Diabetes
16.6%
Binge Drinking
14.3%
Current Asthma
12.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.6%
Annual Checkup 81.3%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
9.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
8.3%
Stroke
4.5%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC
WHEELING · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Wheeling?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Wheeling right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet WV-WHEELING-WV · Wheeling

Wheeling: 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 Wheeling; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse West Virginia state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Wheeling, WV? ▼
Wheeling, WV has a population of 27,648 people, located in Ohio County, West Virginia.
What is the median household income in Wheeling? ▼
The median household income in Wheeling, WV is $48,590 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 20.5%.
What is the median home value in Wheeling? ▼
The median home value in Wheeling, WV is $146,500. Median rent is $794/month.
What are the top health concerns in Wheeling? ▼
The top health indicators in Wheeling include High Blood Pressure (44.7%), Short Sleep Duration (41.7%), Obesity (41%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Wheeling? ▼
Wheeling has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Wheeling? ▼
The median age in Wheeling, WV is 45.4 years. 34.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Wheeling, 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 (20.5% here).

El Cajon, CA 20.5% Burlington, VT 20.5% Hot Springs, AR 20.5% Duncan, OK 20.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WV ($48,590 here).

Clarkston, GA $48,564 Jennings, LA $48,558 Goldsboro, NC $48,540 Arkadelphia, AR $48,657

Compare Wheeling 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.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Steubenville, OH 18K Weirton, WV 19K Weirton Heights, WV 19K Washington, PA 13K East Liverpool, OH 11K Carnot-Moon, PA 11K Upper Saint Clair, PA 19K Bethel Park, PA 32K
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Using Wheeling'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 Wheeling 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 Wheeling 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 (Ohio 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.