What is the population of Moorefield town?

Moorefield town has 2,952 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #54 of 439 in West Virginia.

What is the median household income in Moorefield town?

Median household income in Moorefield town is $47,308 a year, 39.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Moorefield town?

Median gross rent is $665 a month and the median home value is $121,400, so rent absorbs about 16.9% of median household income.

Is Moorefield town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Moorefield town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Moorefield, WV population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Moorefield, West Virginia (Moorefield, WV — Census place “Moorefield town”) is 2,952 residents, ranking #54 of 439 places in West Virginia. Median household income is $47,308, the median home is worth $121,400 and median gross rent runs $665 a month. Looking for the Moorefield West Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Moorefield, WV: 26836.

Population: 2,952Moorefield town residents
Median household income: $47,308Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $121,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $665Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69.4%Owner-occupied households

Moorefield ZIP codes (West Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Moorefield.

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

26836

What the numbers mean in Moorefield town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Moorefield town median would spend about 16.9% 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 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.4% of residents and 69.4% of households own their home.

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

Moorefield town, WV in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Moorefield town is a small town in West Virginia, with 2,952 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #54 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 44.3 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 Moorefield town earn a median of $47,308 a year, 39.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% below the $52,974 median for the 148 West Virginia cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 13.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Moorefield town is valued at $121,400, 60% below the national figure and 5% below the $127,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $665 a month, 52.7% below the national figure, or roughly $7,980 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.9% 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. 69.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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.

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 Moorefield town?: Moorefield town has 2,952 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #54 of 439 in West Virginia.
What is the median household income in Moorefield town?: Median household income in Moorefield town is $47,308 a year, 39.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Moorefield town?: Median gross rent is $665 a month and the median home value is $121,400, so rent absorbs about 16.9% of median household income.
Is Moorefield town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Moorefield town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Moorefield 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.