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Wardensville town, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Wardensville town is a Census town of 378 people across 0.32 square miles of land, in Hardy County. Median household income is $33,750, 62.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $96,500.
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Wardensville
What Wardensville is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.32 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,165 plus or minus 435
- County holding the largest share of its areaHardy 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.
Wardensville
How many people live in Wardensville
- Population378 plus or minus 141
- Median age44.5 plus or minus 19.1
- Population under 1880 plus or minus 42
- Share under 1821.2 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Population 65 and over110 plus or minus 58
- Share 65 and over29.1 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Households184 plus or minus 78
- Family households83 plus or minus 44
- Share of households that are families45.1 percent plus or minus 14.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wardensville
Income and work in Wardensville
- Median household income$33,750 plus or minus $18,679
- Per capita income$26,690 plus or minus $6,316
- Civilian labor force151 plus or minus 73
- Employed141 plus or minus 70
- Unemployed10 plus or minus 14
- Unemployment rate6.6 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Adults 25 and over282 plus or minus 105
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.6 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.3 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Wardensville
- Housing units198 plus or minus 80
- Occupied units184 plus or minus 78
- Vacant units14 plus or minus 15
- Vacancy rate7.1 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Owner occupied114 plus or minus 51
- Renter occupied70 plus or minus 50
- Ownership rate62.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$205,300 plus or minus $59,064
- Median gross rent, monthly$492
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.5 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Single family units139 plus or minus 56
- Share single family70.2 percent plus or minus 39.9
- Units in buildings of two or more59 plus or minus 45
- Share in buildings of two or more29.8 percent plus or minus 19.5
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wardensville
How Wardensville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute135 plus or minus 66
- Commuting under 15 minutes60 plus or minus 42
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.4 percent plus or minus 22.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more54 plus or minus 35
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.0 percent plus or minus 16.9
- Drove alone79.6 percent
- Carpooled5.8 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked12.4 percent plus or minus 16.4
- Worked from home1.5 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wardensville
SBA loans in Wardensville (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$96,500
- Average approval$48,250
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$50,000
- Largest approval$50,000
- Jobs supported6
- Jobs per approval3.0
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Hardy County, not Wardensville
Hardy County context, not Wardensville figures
These are Hardy County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wardensville measurements.
- Establishments in Hardy County294
- Employment at those establishments, Hardy County6,014
- Covered employment, Hardy County6,079
- Average annual pay, Hardy County$48,062
- Average weekly wage, Hardy County$924
- Housing units permitted, Hardy County74
- Of those, single family, Hardy County74
- County product, 2024, Hardy County$1,029,883,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hardy County0.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hardy County$63,931
Every figure in this section is published for Hardy County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wardensville. 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
Wardensville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wardensville, West Virginia?
378, in 184 households. Wardensville town covers 0.32 square miles of land, which is 1,165 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wardensville in?
Hardy 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 Wardensville?
$33,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $205,300. Median gross rent is $492 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wardensville businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $96,500, across 1 lenders, median approval $50,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wardensville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wardensville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wardensville. only 2 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 Wardensville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hardy 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 Wardensville.
Is zoning published for Wardensville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.