Wirt County, West Virginia

Wirt County population, land area and income

Wirt County had 4,924 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 232.5 square miles of land. It ranks 55th of 55 in West Virginia by population and 48th by land area. That works out to 21.2 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 Wirt County has 23% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $54,506 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Wirt County's population changed since 2020

Wirt County lost 263 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 5.1%. That ranks 47th 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, Wirt County recorded 237 births and 351 deaths, a natural change of -114. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -149. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 149 people.

Where Wirt County is

The Census internal point of Wirt County is at 39.020000, -81.383000. 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 Wirt County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Wirt County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Wirt County. Its 4,924 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Wirt County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Wirt County. The most populous is Wood County, WV, with 82,757 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Wood County

  82,757 people

  15 mi NNW

• Jackson County

  27,718 people

  20 mi SW

• Roane County

  13,540 people

  19 mi S

• Ritchie County

  8,170 people

  20 mi ENE

• Calhoun County

  5,873 people

  19 mi SE

Distance to Charleston and the nearest big city

Charleston is 48.8 miles SSW of Wirt County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH (population 933,263), 108.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Parkersburg, WV (population 28,834), 18.8 miles away.

Wirt County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Wirt County is 54105: state code 54 for West Virginia plus county code 105. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $54,506.