
West Virginia · Census place 38476
Hooverson Heights, WV population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Hooverson Heights, West Virginia (Hooverson Heights, WV — Census place “Hooverson Heights CDP”) is 2,156 residents, ranking #77 of 439 places in West Virginia. Median household income is $58,681, the median home is worth $140,700 and median gross rent runs $706 a month. Looking for the Hooverson Heights West Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Hooverson Heights, WV: 26037.
- Population
- 2,156Hooverson Heights CDP residents
- Median household income
- $58,681Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $140,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $706Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 59.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 72.7%Owner-occupied households
Hooverson Heights ZIP codes (West Virginia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Hooverson Heights.
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What the numbers mean in Hooverson Heights CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Hooverson Heights CDP median would spend about 14.4% 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 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.8% of residents and 72.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Hooverson Heights CDP, WV in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Hooverson Heights CDP is a small town in West Virginia, with 2,156 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #77 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 82% of them. The median age here is 59.2 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 Hooverson Heights CDP earn a median of $58,681 a year, 25.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% 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 14.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Hooverson Heights CDP is valued at $140,700, 53.6% below the national figure and 11% above the $127,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $706 a month, 49.8% below the national figure, or roughly $8,472 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.4% 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 2.4×, 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. 72.7% 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.
A median age of 59.2 puts Hooverson Heights CDP well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Hooverson Heights CDP?
- Hooverson Heights CDP has 2,156 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #77 of 439 in West Virginia.
- What is the median household income in Hooverson Heights CDP?
- Median household income in Hooverson Heights CDP is $58,681 a year, 25.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hooverson Heights CDP?
- Median gross rent is $706 a month and the median home value is $140,700, so rent absorbs about 14.4% of median household income.
- Is Hooverson Heights CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hooverson Heights CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Hooverson Heights CDP 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.