county benchmark · West Virginia
Rent as share of income, 2017-2021
Across 55 counties in West Virginia. Every rank carries its margin of error.
Distribution
| Percentile | Value |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 24.4 % |
| 25th | 25.4 % |
| Median | 28.0 % |
| 75th | 30.1 % |
| 90th percentile | 32.6 % |
Highest counties
The order is not reliable. Every county in this list has an estimate range that overlaps the leader's. The spread is real; the ranking within it is not.
| Rank | County | Estimate | Range (90 %) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clay County | 38.4 % | 16.9 % – 59.9 % | evidence → |
| 2 | Boone County | 36.4 % | 28.0 % – 44.8 % | evidence → |
| 3 | Lincoln County | 36.2 % | 30.5 % – 41.9 % | evidence → |
| 4 | Cabell County | 34.9 % | 32.3 % – 37.5 % | evidence → |
| 5 | McDowell County | 34.2 % | 29.6 % – 38.8 % | evidence → |
| 6 | Fayette County | 32.6 % | 29.5 % – 35.7 % | evidence → |
| 7 | Ritchie County | 32.6 % | 23.7 % – 41.5 % | evidence → |
| 8 | Roane County | 32.6 % | 24.8 % – 40.4 % | evidence → |
| 9 | Monongalia County | 32.5 % | 30.7 % – 34.3 % | evidence → |
| 10 | Ohio County | 31.2 % | 29.0 % – 33.4 % | evidence → |
| 11 | Greenbrier County | 30.9 % | 28.5 % – 33.3 % | evidence → |
| 12 | Wyoming County | 30.7 % | 26.7 % – 34.7 % | evidence → |
| 13 | Raleigh County | 30.5 % | 26.4 % – 34.6 % | evidence → |
| 14 | Mercer County | 30.4 % | 28.3 % – 32.5 % | evidence → |
| 15 | Wood County | 29.9 % | 27.7 % – 32.1 % | evidence → |
| 16 | Webster County | 29.7 % | 22.7 % – 36.7 % | evidence → |
| 17 | Harrison County | 29.6 % | 26.7 % – 32.5 % | evidence → |
| 18 | Summers County | 29.6 % | 11.3 % – 47.9 % | evidence → |
| 19 | Upshur County | 29.6 % | 26.1 % – 33.1 % | evidence → |
| 20 | Wirt County | 29.5 % | 23.3 % – 35.7 % | evidence → |
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