Davis, WV population, income and ZIP codes

Davis town is a very small community in West Virginia, with 796 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #173 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 60% of them. The median age here is 49.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Davis town earn a median of $46,488 a year, 40.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% below the $52,974 median for the 148 West Virginia cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 15.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Davis town is valued at $122,300, 59.7% below the national figure and 4% below the $127,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $528 a month, 62.4% below the national figure, or roughly $6,336 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.6% 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 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 78.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 796 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Davis town against its county rather than against national figures.

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.