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Shinnston city, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Shinnston city is a Census city of 2,352 people across 1.67 square miles of land, in Harrison County. Median household income is $69,844, 78.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.4 m.
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Shinnston
What Shinnston is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.67 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,407
- County holding the largest share of its areaHarrison 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.
Shinnston
How many people live in Shinnston
- Population2,352
- Median age42.6
- Population under 18463 plus or minus 147
- Share under 1819.7 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Population 65 and over450 plus or minus 94
- Share 65 and over19.1 percent
- Households900
- Family households602
- Share of households that are families66.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shinnston
Income and work in Shinnston
- Median household income$69,844
- Per capita income$35,252
- Civilian labor force1,211
- Employed1,185
- Unemployed26 plus or minus 30
- Unemployment rate2.1 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over1,762
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.1 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.2 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shinnston
Housing in Shinnston
- Housing units1,050
- Occupied units900
- Vacant units150 plus or minus 83
- Vacancy rate14.3 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Owner occupied705
- Renter occupied195 plus or minus 78
- Ownership rate78.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$153,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$972 plus or minus $262
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.7 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Single family units834
- Share single family79.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more180 plus or minus 75
- Share in buildings of two or more17.1 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Mobile homes36 plus or minus 34
- Median year structure built1961
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shinnston
How Shinnston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,092
- Commuting under 15 minutes264 plus or minus 99
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.2 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more262 plus or minus 98
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.0 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Drove alone71.2 percent
- Carpooled11.8 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked5.1 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Worked from home7.8 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shinnston
SBA 7(a) lending to Shinnston borrowers
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$1,443,100
- Average approval$144,310
- Median approval$80,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$524,500
- Largest approval$524,500
- Jobs supported23
- Jobs per approval2.3
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more30.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
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.
Harrison County, not Shinnston
Harrison County context, not Shinnston figures
These are Harrison County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Shinnston measurements.
- Establishments in Harrison County1,781
- Employment at those establishments, Harrison County29,386
- Covered employment, Harrison County37,098
- Average annual pay, Harrison County$64,286
- Average weekly wage, Harrison County$1,236
- Housing units permitted, Harrison County83
- Of those, single family, Harrison County74
- County product, 2024, Harrison County$6,047,637,000
- County product change over the prior year, Harrison County1.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Harrison County$57,971
Every figure in this section is published for Harrison County as a whole and is not a measurement of Shinnston. 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
Shinnston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Shinnston, West Virginia?
2,352, in 900 households. Shinnston city covers 1.67 square miles of land, which is 1,407 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Shinnston in?
Harrison 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 Shinnston?
$69,844. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $153,200. Median gross rent is $972 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Shinnston businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $1.4 m, across 2 lenders, median approval $80,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Shinnston, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Shinnston borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Shinnston. 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 Shinnston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Harrison 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 Shinnston.
Is zoning published for Shinnston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.