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West Virginia cities ranked by market opportunity
LocalVein profiles 150 West Virginia cities, covering 685,997 residents across the state. The median Market Opportunity Score across West Virginia sits at 34 out of 100 — use the ranked table below to find the markets where demographics and operator density line up for agency outreach.
Cities profiled
150
Total population
685,997
Median MOS
34
Businesses scanned
0
West Virginia cities by Market Opportunity Score
| Rank | City | Population | Median HHI | Median home value | MOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shepherdstown town | 1,399 | $62,500 | $474,500 | Warning: 45 |
| 2 | Wellsburg city | 2,364 | $40,948 | $97,200 | Warning: 44 |
| 3 | Glen Dale city | 1,517 | $87,955 | $200,500 | Warning: 44 |
| 4 | Mannington city | 1,679 | $48,750 | $92,100 | Warning: 43 |
| 5 | Fairlea CDP | 1,266 | $23,197 | — | Warning: 42 |
| 6 | Bethlehem village | 2,568 | $87,500 | $203,000 | Warning: 42 |
| 7 | Grafton city | 4,671 | $38,872 | $72,700 | Warning: 42 |
| 8 | Barrackville town | 1,362 | $81,250 | $156,400 | Warning: 41 |
| 9 | Williamstown city | 2,977 | $75,577 | $164,100 | Warning: 41 |
| 10 | Sistersville city | 1,340 | $46,875 | $95,800 | Warning: 41 |
| 11 | Chester city | 2,302 | $63,750 | $110,600 | Warning: 41 |
| 12 | Prosperity CDP | 1,575 | $82,637 | $115,700 | Warning: 41 |
| 13 | Poca town | 1,056 | $83,750 | $178,500 | Warning: 41 |
| 14 | St. Marys city | 2,178 | $59,315 | $129,400 | Warning: 41 |
| 15 | Lubeck CDP | 1,412 | $69,616 | $240,500 | Warning: 40 |
| 16 | Man town | 1,234 | $57,778 | $153,300 | Warning: 40 |
| 17 | Pennsboro city | 1,227 | $51,348 | $78,000 | Info: 40 |
| 18 | Moundsville city | 7,934 | $48,590 | $108,500 | Info: 40 |
| 19 | Bethany town | 1,066 | $61,250 | $113,600 | Info: 40 |
| 20 | Despard CDP | 1,038 | $33,929 | $82,100 | Info: 39 |
| 21 | Coal City CDP | 1,236 | $23,750 | — | Info: 39 |
| 22 | New Haven town | 1,735 | $56,500 | $101,700 | Info: 39 |
| 23 | McMechen city | 1,735 | $42,863 | $89,500 | Info: 39 |
| 24 | Nutter Fort town | 1,890 | $62,917 | $116,700 | Info: 39 |
| 25 | Belle town | 1,537 | $74,200 | $103,000 | Info: 38 |
| 26 | Blennerhassett CDP | 3,229 | $85,619 | $173,900 | Info: 38 |
| 27 | St. Albans city | 10,637 | $58,788 | $131,800 | Info: 38 |
| 28 | MacArthur CDP | 1,287 | $26,824 | $126,700 | Info: 38 |
| 29 | Coal Fork CDP | 1,414 | $64,053 | $101,900 | Info: 38 |
| 30 | Shinnston city | 2,198 | $63,750 | $135,500 | Info: 38 |
| 31 | Richwood city | 2,617 | $33,614 | $67,600 | Info: 38 |
| 32 | Paden City city | 2,529 | $53,871 | $102,100 | Info: 38 |
| 33 | Stanaford CDP | 1,327 | $46,944 | $154,700 | Info: 38 |
| 34 | Benwood city | 1,173 | $39,474 | $90,400 | Info: 37 |
| 35 | Fairmont city | 18,303 | $60,791 | $159,100 | Info: 37 |
| 36 | Enterprise CDP | 1,084 | $73,150 | $139,400 | Info: 37 |
| 37 | Salem city | 1,812 | $43,690 | $77,200 | Info: 37 |
| 38 | Clarksburg city | 15,829 | $46,859 | $114,600 | Info: 37 |
| 39 | Carpendale town | 1,053 | $59,679 | $169,200 | Info: 37 |
| 40 | South Charleston city | 13,594 | $59,616 | $144,800 | Info: 37 |
| 41 | Alderson town | 1,182 | $33,794 | $119,200 | Info: 36 |
| 42 | Weirton city | 18,785 | $56,699 | $122,800 | Info: 36 |
| 43 | Mullens city | 2,267 | $65,625 | $77,900 | Info: 36 |
| 44 | Chesapeake town | 1,615 | $60,526 | $83,100 | Info: 36 |
| 45 | Vienna city | 10,575 | $65,211 | $155,500 | Info: 36 |
| 46 | Stonewood city | 2,273 | $44,967 | $149,400 | Info: 36 |
| 47 | Wheeling city | 26,670 | $48,498 | $142,500 | Info: 36 |
| 48 | Daniels CDP | 1,542 | $52,100 | $182,100 | Info: 36 |
| 49 | New Martinsville city | 5,175 | $51,226 | $112,600 | Info: 36 |
| 50 | Buckhannon city | 5,144 | $48,720 | $152,000 | Info: 36 |
| 51 | Boaz CDP | 1,374 | $92,708 | $227,400 | Info: 35 |
| 52 | Charleston city | 47,918 | $64,512 | $187,300 | Info: 35 |
| 53 | Bridgeport city | 9,292 | $99,936 | $276,700 | Info: 35 |
| 54 | Parkersburg city | 29,461 | $44,675 | $113,900 | Info: 35 |
| 55 | Ronceverte city | 1,523 | $43,445 | $117,500 | Info: 35 |
| 56 | Hinton city | 2,413 | $42,852 | $92,400 | Info: 35 |
| 57 | Welch city | 3,492 | $36,188 | $56,500 | Info: 35 |
| 58 | Elkins city | 6,875 | $47,746 | $130,500 | Info: 35 |
| 59 | Nitro city | 6,941 | $52,247 | $120,400 | Info: 35 |
| 60 | Lesage CDP | 1,165 | $38,944 | — | Info: 35 |
| 61 | Crab Orchard CDP | 1,877 | $59,122 | $208,000 | Info: 35 |
| 62 | Pleasant Valley city | 3,494 | $58,456 | $208,500 | Info: 35 |
| 63 | Tornado CDP | 1,101 | $81,875 | $156,500 | Info: 34 |
| 64 | Fort Ashby CDP | 1,011 | — | $215,400 | Info: 34 |
| 65 | Terra Alta town | 1,992 | $50,035 | $95,900 | Info: 34 |
| 66 | Ceredo city | 1,432 | $48,184 | $126,400 | Info: 34 |
| 67 | Eleanor town | 1,655 | $74,211 | $236,400 | Info: 34 |
| 68 | Philippi city | 2,919 | $43,203 | $110,900 | Info: 34 |
| 69 | Moorefield town | 2,952 | $47,308 | $121,400 | Info: 34 |
| 70 | Ravenswood city | 3,846 | $45,392 | $99,600 | Info: 34 |
| 71 | Ansted town | 1,210 | $54,327 | $74,900 | Info: 34 |
| 72 | Westover city | 4,007 | $58,333 | $179,500 | Info: 34 |
| 73 | Dunbar city | 7,340 | $54,647 | $121,100 | Info: 34 |
| 74 | Mount Hope city | 1,369 | $26,983 | $91,900 | Info: 34 |
| 75 | Weston city | 3,884 | $51,399 | $88,000 | Info: 34 |
| 76 | Madison city | 2,840 | $57,073 | $127,200 | Info: 34 |
| 77 | Hooverson Heights CDP | 2,156 | $58,681 | $140,700 | Info: 34 |
| 78 | Alum Creek CDP | 1,472 | $72,250 | $158,900 | Info: 34 |
| 79 | Newell CDP | 1,252 | $38,924 | $86,700 | Info: 33 |
| 80 | Kenova city | 2,977 | $53,438 | $98,700 | Info: 33 |
| 81 | Fayetteville town | 2,864 | $59,659 | $165,000 | Info: 33 |
| 82 | Point Pleasant city | 4,009 | $40,837 | $113,900 | Info: 33 |
| 83 | Harrisville town | 1,408 | $45,988 | $115,000 | Info: 33 |
| 84 | Athens town | 1,156 | $62,292 | $156,800 | Info: 33 |
| 85 | Bluefield city | 9,511 | $43,826 | $101,000 | Info: 33 |
| 86 | Belington town | 1,843 | $47,361 | $95,200 | Info: 33 |
| 87 | Cross Lanes CDP | 10,172 | $62,704 | $144,000 | Info: 33 |
| 88 | Brush Fork CDP | 1,213 | $51,364 | $59,200 | Info: 33 |
| 89 | Huntington city | 46,189 | $43,146 | $118,800 | Info: 33 |
| 90 | Shenandoah Junction CDP | 1,339 | $109,048 | $193,900 | Info: 32 |
| 91 | Marmet city | 1,520 | $47,620 | $83,100 | Info: 32 |
| 92 | Mabscott town | 1,488 | $58,125 | $119,100 | Info: 32 |
| 93 | Cheat Lake CDP | 10,485 | $111,379 | $345,500 | Info: 32 |
| 94 | Parsons city | 1,481 | $44,375 | $101,500 | Info: 32 |
| 95 | Logan city | 1,736 | $31,100 | $86,300 | Info: 32 |
| 96 | Martinsburg city | 18,805 | $54,590 | $231,900 | Info: 32 |
| 97 | Beckley city | 16,977 | $39,939 | $148,800 | Info: 32 |
| 98 | Teays Valley CDP | 13,961 | $106,798 | $271,900 | Info: 32 |
| 99 | Oak Hill city | 8,057 | $51,799 | $110,400 | Info: 32 |
| 100 | Mount Gay-Shamrock CDP | 1,440 | $49,063 | $81,400 | Info: 32 |
| 101 | White Sulphur Springs city | 2,646 | $43,388 | $119,600 | Info: 32 |
| 102 | Princeton city | 5,780 | $44,428 | $115,800 | Info: 32 |
| 103 | Sophia town | 1,654 | $34,498 | $112,900 | Info: 32 |
| 104 | Pinch CDP | 3,893 | $72,406 | $198,400 | Info: 32 |
| 105 | Brookhaven CDP | 6,465 | $84,962 | $254,500 | Info: 32 |
| 106 | Shannondale CDP | 3,441 | $72,283 | $255,000 | Info: 31 |
| 107 | Culloden CDP | 3,158 | $89,519 | $199,700 | Info: 31 |
| 108 | Barboursville village | 4,394 | $59,531 | $212,000 | Info: 31 |
| 109 | Kingwood city | 2,980 | $67,411 | $162,700 | Info: 31 |
| 110 | Marlinton town | 1,050 | $42,386 | $90,500 | Info: 31 |
| 111 | Mineralwells CDP | 2,489 | $68,940 | $156,400 | Info: 31 |
| 112 | Mallory CDP | 1,453 | — | $101,000 | Info: 31 |
| 113 | Pea Ridge CDP | 7,188 | $67,708 | $186,900 | Info: 31 |
| 114 | Hurricane city | 6,891 | $67,083 | $190,400 | Info: 31 |
| 115 | Follansbee city | 2,790 | $52,974 | $137,100 | Info: 31 |
| 116 | Summersville city | 3,397 | $52,321 | $210,400 | Info: 30 |
| 117 | Bolivar town | 1,317 | $81,641 | $253,700 | Info: 30 |
| 118 | Rainelle town | 1,334 | $36,875 | $73,500 | Info: 30 |
| 119 | Bluewell CDP | 2,281 | $35,599 | $137,800 | Info: 30 |
| 120 | Gilbert Creek CDP | 1,119 | — | $92,700 | Info: 30 |
| 121 | Morgantown city | 30,273 | $42,245 | $238,200 | Info: 30 |
| 122 | Petersburg city | 3,172 | $48,286 | $136,100 | Info: 30 |
| 123 | Keyser city | 4,870 | $47,991 | $141,400 | Info: 29 |
| 124 | Shady Spring CDP | 3,455 | $70,792 | $192,000 | Info: 29 |
| 125 | Hamlin town | 1,173 | $56,583 | $92,500 | Info: 29 |
| 126 | Spencer city | 2,137 | $25,897 | $108,700 | Info: 29 |
| 127 | Lewisburg city | 3,871 | $52,798 | $287,400 | Info: 29 |
| 128 | Craigsville CDP | 1,584 | $28,718 | $95,300 | Info: 29 |
| 129 | Winfield town | 2,538 | $89,917 | $226,000 | Info: 29 |
| 130 | Bradley CDP | 1,429 | $58,984 | $88,600 | Info: 29 |
| 131 | Inwood CDP | 2,605 | $82,267 | $270,000 | Info: 28 |
| 132 | Charles Town city | 6,854 | $94,830 | $359,500 | Info: 28 |
| 133 | Buffalo town | 1,110 | $55,313 | $124,100 | Info: 28 |
| 134 | Washington CDP | 1,129 | $44,882 | $207,500 | Info: 28 |
| 135 | Williamson city | 2,979 | $24,119 | $93,300 | Info: 28 |
| 136 | Ripley city | 3,066 | $35,120 | $119,300 | Info: 28 |
| 137 | Sissonville CDP | 2,706 | $58,322 | $166,300 | Info: 28 |
| 138 | Ranson corporation | 5,588 | $86,378 | $220,700 | Info: 27 |
| 139 | Glenville town | 1,049 | $46,875 | $95,000 | Info: 26 |
| 140 | Romney city | 1,714 | $39,118 | $150,000 | Info: 26 |
| 141 | West Liberty town | 1,568 | $43,333 | $120,000 | Info: 25 |
| 142 | Chapmanville town | 1,005 | $35,655 | $216,700 | Info: 25 |
| 143 | Oceana town | 1,421 | $47,548 | $60,800 | Info: 25 |
| 144 | Falling Waters CDP | 2,384 | $87,632 | $207,200 | Info: 25 |
| 145 | Montgomery city | 1,635 | $26,797 | $117,300 | Info: 24 |
| 146 | White Hall town | 1,141 | $72,000 | $260,700 | Info: 24 |
| 147 | Star City town | 1,894 | $62,031 | $256,800 | Info: 23 |
| 148 | Wayne town | 1,433 | $31,797 | $74,200 | Info: 22 |
| 149 | Milton town | 2,773 | $54,135 | $123,500 | Info: 22 |
| 150 | Granville town | 1,215 | $32,015 | $135,400 | Info: 20 |
West Virginia by the numbers
West Virginia's largest profiled market is Charleston city at 47,918 residents, while the median West Virginia city on LocalVein has a population of 2,188. About 97% of the West Virginia cities we've indexed sit below 25,000 residents — the exurb tier. The same outreach sequence rarely works across this range — metros reward volume, exurbs reward specificity.
Median household income across West Virginia's profiled cities sits at $53K, with Cheat Lake CDP topping the ranking at $111K and Fairlea CDP anchoring the other end at $23K — roughly a 5× spread. Pricing pressure and willingness-to-pay diverge sharply across this range, which is why one-size-fits-all pitches underperform on West Virginia lists.
Across the 150 West Virginia cities in this table, the median Market Opportunity Score is 34 out of 100, and Shepherdstown town currently leads at 45. About 0% of West Virginia's profiled cities score ≥70 — the tier where agencies report the highest first-touch close rates. The top of the ranking is where cold outbound converts fastest — strong demographic backdrop plus enough profiled operators to sequence a week of outreach.
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