What is the population of Paden City city?

Paden City city has 2,529 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 439 in West Virginia.

What is the median household income in Paden City city?

Median household income in Paden City city is $53,871 a year, 31.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $830 a month and the median home value is $102,100, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.

Is Paden City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Paden City city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Paden City, WV population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Paden City, West Virginia (Paden City, WV — Census place “Paden City city”) is 2,529 residents, ranking #66 of 439 places in West Virginia. Median household income is $53,871, the median home is worth $102,100 and median gross rent runs $830 a month. Looking for the Paden City West Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Paden City, WV: 26159.

Population: 2,529Paden City city residents
Median household income: $53,871Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $102,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $830Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 79%Owner-occupied households

Paden City ZIP codes (West Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Paden City.

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

26159

What the numbers mean in Paden City city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Paden City city median would spend about 18.5% 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 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.7% of residents and 79% of households own their home.

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

Paden City city, WV in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Paden City city is a small town in West Virginia, with 2,529 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #66 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 40.2 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 Paden City city earn a median of $53,871 a year, 31.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of 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 11.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Paden City city is valued at $102,100, 66.3% below the national figure and 20% below the $127,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $830 a month, 41% below the national figure, or roughly $9,960 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.5% 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 1.9×, 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. 79% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Paden City city?: Paden City city has 2,529 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 439 in West Virginia.
What is the median household income in Paden City city?: Median household income in Paden City city is $53,871 a year, 31.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Paden City city?: Median gross rent is $830 a month and the median home value is $102,100, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.
Is Paden City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Paden City city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Paden City 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.