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West Union town, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
West Union town is a Census town of 1,039 people across 0.36 square miles of land, in Doddridge County. Median household income is $60,417, 80.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.2 m.
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West Union
What West Union is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.36 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,884 plus or minus 919
- County holding the largest share of its areaDoddridge County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Union
How many people live in West Union
- Population1,039 plus or minus 331
- Median age41.7 plus or minus 11.7
- Population under 18141 plus or minus 86
- Share under 1813.6 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Population 65 and over166 plus or minus 68
- Share 65 and over16.0 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Households361 plus or minus 120
- Family households259 plus or minus 117
- Share of households that are families71.7 percent plus or minus 21.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in West Union
- Median household income$60,417 plus or minus $37,321
- Per capita income$38,670 plus or minus $15,425
- Civilian labor force554 plus or minus 295
- Employed538 plus or minus 294
- Unemployed16 plus or minus 22
- Unemployment rate2.9 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over732 plus or minus 238
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.4 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.7 percent plus or minus 12.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in West Union
- Housing units449 plus or minus 131
- Occupied units361 plus or minus 120
- Vacant units88 plus or minus 48
- Vacancy rate19.6 percent plus or minus 9.0
- Owner occupied290 plus or minus 113
- Renter occupied71 plus or minus 40
- Ownership rate80.3 percent plus or minus 16.3
- Median owner-occupied home value$98,600 plus or minus $55,229
- Single family units350 plus or minus 117
- Share single family78.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more66 plus or minus 45
- Share in buildings of two or more14.7 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Mobile homes33 plus or minus 26
- Median year structure built1941
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How West Union gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute451 plus or minus 219
- Commuting under 15 minutes90 plus or minus 56
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.0 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more245 plus or minus 143
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more54.3 percent plus or minus 17.6
- Drove alone76.2 percent plus or minus 57.8
- Carpooled6.1 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home16.2 percent plus or minus 15.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Union
SBA loans in West Union (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$3,209,300
- Average approval$3,209,300
- Median approval$3,209,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,209,300
- Largest approval$3,209,300
- Jobs supported22
- Jobs per approval22.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term306 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Doddridge County, not West Union
Doddridge County context, not West Union figures
These are Doddridge County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as West Union measurements.
- Establishments in Doddridge County69
- Employment at those establishments, Doddridge County931
- Covered employment, Doddridge County1,564
- Average annual pay, Doddridge County$66,753
- Average weekly wage, Doddridge County$1,284
- County product, 2024, Doddridge County$665,188,000
- County product change over the prior year, Doddridge County-13.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Doddridge County$40,970
Every figure in this section is published for Doddridge County as a whole and is not a measurement of West Union. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
West Union questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in West Union, West Virginia?
1,039, in 361 households. West Union town covers 0.36 square miles of land, which is 2,884 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is West Union in?
Doddridge County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in West Union?
$60,417. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $98,600. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to West Union businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $3.2 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $3,209,300. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in West Union, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to West Union borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for West Union. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page West Union figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Doddridge County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of West Union.
Is zoning published for West Union?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.