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Nitro city, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Nitro city is a Census city of 6,853 people across 5.35 square miles of land, lying across Kanawha County and Putnam County. Median household income is $53,848, 74.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.7 m.
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Nitro
What Nitro is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.35 sq mi
- Water area0.57 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,282
- County holding the largest share of its areaKanawha County, 83.6 percent
- Counties this place lies inKanawha County 83.6 percent, Putnam County 16.4 percent
Nitro 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.
Nitro
How many people live in Nitro
- Population6,853
- Median age44.5
- Population under 181,499 plus or minus 464
- Share under 1821.9 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Population 65 and over1,330 plus or minus 272
- Share 65 and over19.4 percent
- Households2,828
- Family households1,713
- Share of households that are families60.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nitro
Income and work in Nitro
- Median household income$53,848
- Per capita income$35,489 plus or minus $7,354
- Civilian labor force3,386
- Employed3,203
- Unemployed183 plus or minus 143
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over4,911
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.7 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Nitro
- Housing units3,507
- Occupied units2,828
- Vacant units679 plus or minus 252
- Vacancy rate19.4 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Owner occupied2,107
- Renter occupied721 plus or minus 249
- Ownership rate74.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$128,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$949
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.1 percent
- Single family units3,001
- Share single family85.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more374 plus or minus 150
- Share in buildings of two or more10.7 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Mobile homes132 plus or minus 126
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Nitro gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,093
- Commuting under 15 minutes492 plus or minus 180
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.9 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more669 plus or minus 255
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.6 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Drove alone82.8 percent
- Carpooled8.2 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.1 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Worked from home2.9 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nitro
SBA loans in Nitro (7(a))
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$3,690,300
- Average approval$461,288
- Median approval$75,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,890,000
- Largest approval$1,890,000
- Jobs supported72
- Jobs per approval9.0
- 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 franchises12.5 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
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.
Kanawha County, not Nitro
Kanawha County context, not Nitro figures
These are Kanawha County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Nitro measurements.
- Establishments in Kanawha County4,396
- Employment at those establishments, Kanawha County74,799
- Covered employment, Kanawha County97,845
- Average annual pay, Kanawha County$61,997
- Average weekly wage, Kanawha County$1,192
- Housing units permitted, Kanawha County98
- Of those, single family, Kanawha County98
- County product, 2024, Kanawha County$14,447,639,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kanawha County5.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kanawha County$48,097
Every figure in this section is published for Kanawha County as a whole and is not a measurement of Nitro. 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
Nitro questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Nitro, West Virginia?
6,853, in 2,828 households. Nitro city covers 5.35 square miles of land, which is 1,282 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Nitro in?
Nitro lies in more than one. By area it is 83.6 percent in Kanawha County, 16.4 percent in Putnam County. This page sits under Kanawha 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 Nitro?
$53,848. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $128,900. Median gross rent is $949 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Nitro businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $3.7 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $75,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Nitro, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Nitro borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Nitro. 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 Nitro figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kanawha 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 Nitro.
Is zoning published for Nitro?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.