West Virginia · Census place 43492
Keyser, WV population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Keyser, West Virginia (Keyser, WV — Census place “Keyser city”) is 4,870 residents, ranking #32 of 439 places in West Virginia. Median household income is $47,991, the median home is worth $141,400 and median gross rent runs $631 a month. Looking for the Keyser West Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Keyser, WV: 26726.
- Population
- 4,870Keyser city residents
- Median household income
- $47,991Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $141,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $631Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 50%Owner-occupied households
Keyser ZIP codes (West Virginia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Keyser.
The Keyser WV ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Keyser city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Keyser city median would spend about 15.8% 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 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 27.3% of residents and 50% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Keyser city, WV in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Keyser city is a small town in West Virginia, with 4,870 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #32 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 39.7 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 Keyser city earn a median of $47,991 a year, 38.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% below 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 27.3% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Keyser city is valued at $141,400, 53.4% below the national figure and 11% above the $127,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $631 a month, 55.1% below the national figure, or roughly $7,572 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.8% 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 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 50% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.
- Grafton city 4,671
- Buckhannon city 5,144
- Barboursville village 4,394
- New Martinsville city 5,175
- Point Pleasant city 4,009
- Ranson corporation 5,588
- Westover city 4,007
- Princeton city 5,780
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Keyser city?
- Keyser city has 4,870 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #32 of 439 in West Virginia.
- What is the median household income in Keyser city?
- Median household income in Keyser city is $47,991 a year, 38.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Keyser city?
- Median gross rent is $631 a month and the median home value is $141,400, so rent absorbs about 15.8% of median household income.
- Is Keyser city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Keyser city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Keyser city 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.