
West Virginia · Census place 04612
Barrackville, WV population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Barrackville, West Virginia (Barrackville, WV — Census place “Barrackville town”) is 1,362 residents, ranking #117 of 439 places in West Virginia. Median household income is $81,250, the median home is worth $156,400 and median gross rent runs $693 a month. Looking for the Barrackville West Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Barrackville, WV: 26559.
- Population
- 1,362Barrackville town residents
- Median household income
- $81,250Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $156,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $693Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 41.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 93.5%Owner-occupied households
Barrackville ZIP codes (West Virginia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Barrackville.
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What the numbers mean in Barrackville town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Barrackville town median would spend about 10.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 1.2% of residents and 93.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Barrackville town, WV in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Barrackville town is a small town in West Virginia, with 1,362 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #117 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 73% of them. The median age here is 41.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Barrackville town earn a median of $81,250 a year, 3.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 53% above the $52,974 median for the 148 West Virginia cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 1.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Barrackville town is valued at $156,400, 48.5% below the national figure and 23% above the $127,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $693 a month, 50.7% below the national figure, or roughly $8,316 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 10.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 93.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in West Virginia.
- Sistersville city 1,340
- Mount Hope city 1,369
- Shenandoah Junction CDP 1,339
- Boaz CDP 1,374
- Rainelle town 1,334
- Shepherdstown town 1,399
- Stanaford CDP 1,327
- Harrisville town 1,408
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Barrackville town?
- Barrackville town has 1,362 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #117 of 439 in West Virginia.
- What is the median household income in Barrackville town?
- Median household income in Barrackville town is $81,250 a year, 3.5% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Barrackville town?
- Median gross rent is $693 a month and the median home value is $156,400, so rent absorbs about 10.2% of median household income.
- Is Barrackville town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Barrackville town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 10.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Barrackville town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.