Summers County, West Virginia

Summers County population, land area and income

Summers County had 11,544 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 360.6 square miles of land. It ranks 42nd of 55 in West Virginia by population and 32nd by land area. That works out to 32.0 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; Summers County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $44,218 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Summers County's population changed since 2020

Summers County lost 396 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 3.3%. That ranks 35th 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, Summers County recorded 378 births and 990 deaths, a natural change of -612. Net international migration added -4 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +194. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 612 people.

Where Summers County is

The Census internal point of Summers County is at 37.656000, -80.856300. 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 Summers County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Summers County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Summers County, 2,159 people together, or 19% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Summers County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Hinton with 2,159.

Counties bordering Summers County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Summers County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Raleigh County, WV, with 72,379 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Raleigh County

  72,379 people

  24 mi WNW

• Mercer County

  57,524 people

  22 mi SW

• Fayette County

  38,600 people

  29 mi NNW

• Greenbrier County

  31,851 people

  29 mi NE

• VA

  Giles County, VA

  16,533 people

  25 mi SSE

• Monroe County

  12,462 people

  18 mi ESE

Distance to Charleston and the nearest big city

Charleston is 62.5 miles NW of Summers County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC (population 255,769), 112.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Beckley, WV (population 16,515), 18.5 miles away.

Summers County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Summers County is 54089: state code 54 for West Virginia plus county code 089. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $44,218.