What is the population of Westover city?

Westover city has 4,007 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #36 of 439 in West Virginia.

What is the median household income in Westover city?

Median household income in Westover city is $58,333 a year, 25.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $895 a month and the median home value is $179,500, so rent absorbs about 18.4% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Westover city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Westover, WV population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Westover, West Virginia (Westover, WV — Census place “Westover city”) is 4,007 residents, ranking #36 of 439 places in West Virginia. Median household income is $58,333, the median home is worth $179,500 and median gross rent runs $895 a month. Looking for the Westover West Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Westover, WV: 26501.

Population: 4,007Westover city residents
Median household income: $58,333Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $179,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $895Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 50.9%Owner-occupied households

Westover ZIP codes (West Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Westover.

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

26501

What the numbers mean in Westover city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Westover city median would spend about 18.4% 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 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.4% of residents and 50.9% of households own their home.

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

Westover city, WV in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Westover city is a small town in West Virginia, with 4,007 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #36 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 40.8 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 Westover city earn a median of $58,333 a year, 25.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 10% above 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 12.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Westover city is valued at $179,500, 40.8% below the national figure and 41% above the $127,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $895 a month, 36.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,740 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.4% 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 50.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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 Westover city?: Westover city has 4,007 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #36 of 439 in West Virginia.
What is the median household income in Westover city?: Median household income in Westover city is $58,333 a year, 25.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Westover city?: Median gross rent is $895 a month and the median home value is $179,500, so rent absorbs about 18.4% of median household income.
Is Westover city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Westover city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Westover 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.