Calhoun County, West Virginia

Calhoun County population, land area and income

Calhoun County had 5,873 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 279.3 square miles of land. It ranks 54th of 55 in West Virginia by population and 46th by land area. That works out to 21.0 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in West Virginia has 21,285 residents, so Calhoun County has 28% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $45,793 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Calhoun County's population changed since 2020

Calhoun County lost 323 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 5.2%. That ranks 48th of 55 in West Virginia for growth. The median West Virginia county changed by -2.9%, and the state as a whole by -1.2%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Calhoun County recorded 243 births and 506 deaths, a natural change of -263. Net international migration added -7 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -76. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 263 people.

Where Calhoun County is

The Census internal point of Calhoun County is at 38.844200, -81.115500. It sits in UTM zone 17N. The map shades West Virginia's 55 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Calhoun County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Calhoun County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Calhoun County. Its 5,873 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Calhoun County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Calhoun County. The most populous is Roane County, WV, with 13,540 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Roane County

  13,540 people

  15 mi WSW

• Braxton County

  12,051 people

  23 mi ESE

• Ritchie County

  8,170 people

  23 mi N

• Clay County

  7,689 people

  27 mi S

• Gilmer County

  7,116 people

  15 mi ENE

• Wirt County

  4,924 people

  19 mi NW

Distance to Charleston and the nearest big city

Charleston is 44.2 miles SW of Calhoun County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA (population 307,668), 125.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Parkersburg, WV (population 28,834), 36.8 miles away.

Calhoun County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Calhoun County is 54013: state code 54 for West Virginia plus county code 013. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $45,793.