West Virginia · Census place 87988
Winfield, WV population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Winfield, West Virginia (Winfield, WV — Census place “Winfield town”) is 2,538 residents, ranking #65 of 439 places in West Virginia. Median household income is $89,917, the median home is worth $226,000 and median gross rent runs $1,033 a month. Looking for the Winfield West Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Winfield, WV: 25213.
- Population
- 2,538Winfield town residents
- Median household income
- $89,917Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $226,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,033Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 42.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 74.3%Owner-occupied households
Winfield ZIP codes (West Virginia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Winfield.
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What the numbers mean in Winfield town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Winfield town median would spend about 13.8% 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 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.4% of residents and 74.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Winfield town, WV in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Winfield town is a small town in West Virginia, with 2,538 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #65 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 42.4 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 Winfield town earn a median of $89,917 a year, 14.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 70% 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 18.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Winfield town is valued at $226,000, 25.5% below the national figure and 78% above the $127,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,033 a month, 26.5% below the national figure, or roughly $12,396 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.8% 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 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 74.3% 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.
Median income runs above the national figure while poverty also runs above it — a split distribution, not a uniformly comfortable place. Averages hide that; the two numbers together do not.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in West Virginia.
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- Hinton city 2,413
- Richwood city 2,617
- Falling Waters CDP 2,384
- White Sulphur Springs city 2,646
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Winfield town?
- Winfield town has 2,538 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #65 of 439 in West Virginia.
- What is the median household income in Winfield town?
- Median household income in Winfield town is $89,917 a year, 14.5% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Winfield town?
- Median gross rent is $1,033 a month and the median home value is $226,000, so rent absorbs about 13.8% of median household income.
- Is Winfield town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Winfield town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Winfield 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.