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Weirton city, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Weirton city is a Census city of 18,647 people across 18.05 square miles of land, lying across Hancock County and Brooke County. Median household income is $59,575, 69.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 20 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.1 m.
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Weirton
What Weirton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area18.05 sq mi
- Water area1.22 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,033
- County holding the largest share of its areaHancock County, 63.6 percent
- Counties this place lies inHancock County 63.6 percent, Brooke County 36.4 percent
Weirton city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Weirton
How many people live in Weirton
- Population18,647
- Median age47.4
- Population under 183,392
- Share under 1818.2 percent
- Population 65 and over4,743
- Share 65 and over25.4 percent
- Households8,707
- Family households4,775
- Share of households that are families54.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Weirton
Income and work in Weirton
- Median household income$59,575
- Per capita income$37,611
- Civilian labor force9,382
- Employed8,713
- Unemployed669 plus or minus 199
- Unemployment rate7.1 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over14,256
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.1 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Weirton
Housing in Weirton
- Housing units9,476
- Occupied units8,707
- Vacant units769 plus or minus 235
- Vacancy rate8.1 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Owner occupied6,031
- Renter occupied2,676
- Ownership rate69.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$133,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$746
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.0 percent
- Single family units7,755
- Share single family81.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,472
- Share in buildings of two or more15.5 percent
- Mobile homes249 plus or minus 150
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Weirton
How Weirton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,544
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,820
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,200
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.2 percent
- Drove alone78.2 percent
- Carpooled8.5 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home11.1 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Weirton
SBA 7(a) lending to Weirton borrowers
- Approvals20
- Gross approval$5,075,400
- Average approval$253,770
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$825,000
- Largest approval$1,955,000
- Jobs supported176
- Jobs per approval8.8
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full3
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises10.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS10
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 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.
Weirton
SBA 504 lending to Weirton borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$2,108,000
- Average approval$1,054,000
- Median approval$1,446,000
- Largest approval$1,446,000
- Jobs supported31
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Hancock County, not Weirton
Hancock County context, not Weirton figures
These are Hancock County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Weirton measurements.
- Establishments in Hancock County544
- Employment at those establishments, Hancock County7,481
- Covered employment, Hancock County9,147
- Average annual pay, Hancock County$52,483
- Average weekly wage, Hancock County$1,009
- Housing units permitted, Hancock County15
- Of those, single family, Hancock County15
- County product, 2024, Hancock County$1,248,575,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hancock County2.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hancock County$46,061
Every figure in this section is published for Hancock County as a whole and is not a measurement of Weirton. 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 Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. 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.
- 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
Weirton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Weirton, West Virginia?
18,647, in 8,707 households. Weirton city covers 18.05 square miles of land, which is 1,033 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Weirton in?
Weirton lies in more than one. By area it is 63.6 percent in Hancock County, 36.4 percent in Brooke County. This page sits under Hancock County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Weirton?
$59,575. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $133,500. Median gross rent is $746 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Weirton businesses?
20 7(a) approvals totalling $5.1 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $50,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $2.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Weirton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Weirton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Weirton. only 4 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 Weirton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hancock 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 Weirton.
Is zoning published for Weirton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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