Doddridge County, WV
Demographic and economic profile of Doddridge County, WV, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Doddridge County is a small, rural West Virginia county of 7,767 residents with an economy that punches well above its population size — GDP per capita of $83,883 against a median household income of $57,401 points to a capital-intensive extraction base rather than a broad consumer economy. The available labor pool is limited, with a labor force participation rate of just 44.3% and only 12.7% of adults holding a bachelor's degree, though median worker earnings of $40,861 and a 4.7% unemployment rate reflect modest but stable conditions. The county has shed roughly 9% of its population over five years, the population skews older at a median age of 46, and housing costs remain low — median home value of $160,000 and median gross rent of $827/month — with an 88.8% homeownership rate signaling a largely settled, owner-occup
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
-9.0% since 2018
Doddridge County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone7,137 (92.6%)
- Black or African American Alone189 (2.5%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races178 (2.3%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race114 (1.5%)
- Some Other Race Alone46 (0.6%)
- Asian Alone35 (0.5%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.Vietnamese45
- 2.Russian, Polish, or other Slavic38
- 3.German or other West Germanic17
- 4.Spanish15
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance462
- 2.Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities390
- 3.Manufacturing (Group)311
- 4.Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodation & Food Services261
- 5.Public Administration (Group)238
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations863
- 2.Service Occupations491
- 3.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations460
- 4.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations421
- 5.Sales & Office Occupations413
Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)
- 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 4.78×)217
- 2.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 2.36×)393
- 3.Public Administration (LQ 2.26×)304
- 4.Other Services (LQ 1.78×)238
- 5.Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, & Accommodation (LQ 1.17×)293
Housing
Education
Workforce
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.