What is the population of Hurricane city?

Hurricane city has 6,891 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #24 of 439 in West Virginia.

What is the median household income in Hurricane city?

Median household income in Hurricane city is $67,083 a year, 14.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hurricane city?

Median gross rent is $854 a month and the median home value is $190,400, so rent absorbs about 15.3% of median household income.

Is Hurricane city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hurricane city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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West Virginia · Census place 39532

Hurricane, WV population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Hurricane, West Virginia (Hurricane, WV — Census place “Hurricane city”) is 6,891 residents, ranking #24 of 439 places in West Virginia. Median household income is $67,083, the median home is worth $190,400 and median gross rent runs $854 a month. Looking for the Hurricane West Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Hurricane, WV: 25526.

Population: 6,891Hurricane city residents
Median household income: $67,083Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $190,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $854Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69.5%Owner-occupied households

Hurricane ZIP codes (West Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Hurricane.

The Hurricane WV ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

25526

What the numbers mean in Hurricane city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Hurricane city median would spend about 15.3% 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 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.9% of residents and 69.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Hurricane city, WV in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Hurricane city is a mid-size town in West Virginia, with 6,891 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #24 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 43.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Hurricane city earn a median of $67,083 a year, 14.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 27% 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 10.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Hurricane city is valued at $190,400, 37.2% below the national figure and 50% above the $127,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $854 a month, 39.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,248 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.3% 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 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 69.5% 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.

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 Hurricane city?: Hurricane city has 6,891 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #24 of 439 in West Virginia.
What is the median household income in Hurricane city?: Median household income in Hurricane city is $67,083 a year, 14.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hurricane city?: Median gross rent is $854 a month and the median home value is $190,400, so rent absorbs about 15.3% of median household income.
Is Hurricane city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hurricane city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Hurricane city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.