Winfield, WV

Census Place

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2024 Population
2,918
US Senator
Shelley Moore Capito
Republican Party
US Senator
Jim Justice
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
41.8
1.42% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
15.9%
14% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$103,276
14.9% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$257,100
13.8% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
1,289
19.2% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Winfield, WV reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

95.3% of the residents in Winfield, WV are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Winfield, WV was $257,100, and the homeownership rate was 75%.

Most people in Winfield, WV drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 23.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Winfield, WV was 2 cars per household.

United StatesWest VirginiaPutnam County, WVHuntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OHCabell, Putnam, Mason Counties PUMA, WV

Population & Diversity

Winfield, WV is home to a population of 2.92k people, from which 95.3% are citizens. As of 2024, 5.28% of Winfield, WV residents were born outside of the country (154 people).

In 2024, there were 18.6 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (2.58k people) in Winfield, WV than any other race or ethnicity. There were 139 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 65 Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

95.3%
2024 Citizenship
95.2%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 95.3% of Winfield, WV residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Winfield, WV was 95.2%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Winfield, WV
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    2.58k ± 658
  2. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    139 ± 83
  3. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    65 ± 78
2.84%
Hispanic Population
83 people

In 2024, there were 18.6 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (2.58k people) in Winfield, WV than any other race or ethnicity. There were 139 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 65 Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

2.84% of the people in Winfield, WV are hispanic (83 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Winfield, WV as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. India
    2,277 ± 1,171 people
  2. Mexico
    2,211 ± 1,154 people
  3. Germany
    1,987 ± 1,094 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of West Virginia was India, the natal country of 2,277 West Virginia residents, followed by Mexico with 2,211 and Germany with 1,987.

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Foreign-Born Population

5.28%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
154 people
7.25%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
184 people

As of 2024, 5.28% of Winfield, WV residents (154 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Winfield, WV was 7.25%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (1990s)
    41 ± 39
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    36 ± 29
  3. Vietnam
    31 ± 23

Winfield, WV has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (1990s), 1.14 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Winfield, WV employs 1.29k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Winfield, WV were Educational Services (179 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (149 people), and Wholesale Trade (135 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($121,458), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($117,896), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($116,458).

Employment

Occupations

1.29k
2024 Value
± 246
19.2%
1 Year growth
± 23.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Winfield, WV grew at a rate of 19.2%, from 1.08k employees to 1.29k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Winfield, WV, are Sales & Related Occupations (269 people), Business & Financial Operations Occupations (190 people), and Management Occupations (179 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Winfield, WV.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for West Virginia.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

1.29k
2024 Value
± 246
19.2%
1 Year growth
± 23.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Winfield, WV grew at a rate of 19.2%, from 1.08k employees to 1.29k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Winfield, WV, are Educational Services (179 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (149 people), and Wholesale Trade (135 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Winfield, WV, though some of these residents may live in Winfield, WV and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$70,069
Median earning men ± $12,779
$51,319
Median earning women ± $16,893

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Retail Trade ($123,125), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($118,110), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($116,458).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($83,438), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($77,873), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($55,313).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for West Virginia.
Y-Axis
0.583%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 690k people employed in West Virginia. This represents a 0.583% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 15%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Winfield, WV was $257,100 in 2024, which is 0.773 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $226,000 to $257,100, a 13.8% increase. The homeownership rate in Winfield, WV is 75%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Winfield, WV have an average commute time of 23.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Winfield, WV is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$257,100
Median Property Value 2024
±$37,403
$804
Median Property Taxes
±$174

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Winfield, WV the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Winfield, WV compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

75%
Homeownership
2024
65.4%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 75% of the housing units in Winfield, WV were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 74.3%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$103,276
Median Household Income
± $34,475
1.07k
Number of Households
± 224

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.07k households in Winfield, WV grew to $103,276 from the previous year's value of $89,917.

The following chart displays the households in Winfield, WV distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Winfield, WV is from West Virginia.
0.443
2023 Wage GINI in West Virginia
0.449
2022 Wage GINI in West Virginia

In 2023, the income inequality in West Virginia was 0.443 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.39% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for West Virginia was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in West Virginia in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (72.7%)
  2. Worked At Home (18.6%)
  3. Walked (5.93%)

In 2024, 72.7% of workers in Winfield, WV drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (18.6%) and those who walked to work (5.93%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

23.6 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Winfield, WV have a shorter commute time (23.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Winfield, WV have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Winfield, WV distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Winfield, WV have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

15.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Winfield, WV (462 out of 2.91k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 6 - 11, followed by Males < 5 and then Females 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Winfield, WV is White, followed by Two Or More and Asian.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

94% of the population of Winfield, WV has health coverage, with 56.5% on employee plans, 17.3% on Medicaid, 10.1% on Medicare, 8.84% on non-group plans, and 1.3% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in West Virginia see 1,319 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,319 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1705 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 506 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.5% were men and 50.5% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 30.7% under 18 years, 11.1% between 18 and 34 years, 44.6% between 35 and 64 years, and 13.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.5% were men and 50.5% were women.

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Uninsured People

5.96%
Uninsured
56.5%
Employer Coverage
17.3%
Medicaid
10.1%
Medicare
8.84%
Non-Group
1.3%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Winfield, WV declined by 15.9% from 7.09% to 5.96%.

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