Webster County, West Virginia

Webster County population, land area and income

Webster County had 7,947 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 553.5 square miles of land. It ranks 45th of 55 in West Virginia by population and 12th by land area. That works out to 14.4 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in West Virginia has 21,285 residents, so Webster County has 37% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $40,727 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Webster County's population changed since 2020

Webster County lost 405 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 4.8%. That ranks 45th 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, Webster County recorded 279 births and 569 deaths, a natural change of -290. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -142. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 290 people.

Where Webster County is

The Census internal point of Webster County is at 38.483500, -80.449100. 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 Webster County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Webster County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Webster County. Its 7,947 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Webster County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Webster County. The most populous is Greenbrier County, WV, with 31,851 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Greenbrier County

  31,851 people

  39 mi S

• Randolph County

  27,190 people

  38 mi ENE

• Nicholas County

  24,017 people

  23 mi SW

• Upshur County

  23,650 people

  31 mi NNE

• Lewis County

  16,477 people

  35 mi N

• Braxton County

  12,051 people

  21 mi NW

• Pocahontas County

  7,653 people

  26 mi ESE

Distance to Charleston and the nearest big city

Charleston is 63.8 miles W of Webster County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA (population 307,668), 137.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Clarksburg, WV (population 15,262), 54.6 miles away.

Webster County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Webster County is 54101: state code 54 for West Virginia plus county code 101. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $40,727.