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Kimball, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Kimball is a Census town of 231 people across 0.60 square miles of land, in McDowell County. 18.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Kimball
What Kimball is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.6 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land382 plus or minus 172
- County holding the largest share of its areaMcDowell 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.
Kimball
How many people live in Kimball
- Population231 plus or minus 104
- Median age66.1 plus or minus 14.6
- Population under 1820 plus or minus 25
- Share under 188.7 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Population 65 and over120 plus or minus 94
- Share 65 and over51.9 percent plus or minus 33.4
- Households156 plus or minus 81
- Family households53 plus or minus 30
- Share of households that are families34.0 percent plus or minus 7.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kimball
Income and work in Kimball
- Per capita income$14,725 plus or minus $8,498
- Civilian labor force73 plus or minus 45
- Employed49 plus or minus 34
- Unemployed24 plus or minus 28
- Unemployment rate32.9 percent plus or minus 32.6
- Adults 25 and over211 plus or minus 92
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kimball
Housing in Kimball
- Housing units252 plus or minus 102
- Occupied units156 plus or minus 81
- Vacant units96 plus or minus 64
- Vacancy rate38.1 percent plus or minus 20.2
- Owner occupied29 plus or minus 20
- Renter occupied127 plus or minus 81
- Ownership rate18.6 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Median owner-occupied home value$30,200 plus or minus $8,643
- Median gross rent, monthly$613
- Single family units107 plus or minus 63
- Share single family42.5 percent plus or minus 18.0
- Units in buildings of two or more128 plus or minus 101
- Share in buildings of two or more50.8 percent plus or minus 34.4
- Mobile homes17 plus or minus 17
- Median year structure built2002
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kimball
How Kimball gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute35 plus or minus 28
- Commuting under 15 minutes6 plus or minus 16
- Share commuting under 15 minutes17.1 percent plus or minus 44.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more20 plus or minus 23
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more57.1 percent plus or minus 48.1
- Drove alone53.1 percent plus or minus 25.7
- Carpooled18.4 percent plus or minus 20.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home28.6 percent plus or minus 38.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kimball
Flood risk in Kimball
- NFIP communityTown of Kimball
- NFIP community number540120
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date06/16/05
The Town of Kimball participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 540120 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
McDowell County, not Kimball
McDowell County context, not Kimball figures
- Establishments in McDowell County213
- Covered employment, McDowell County3,934
- Average annual pay, McDowell County$56,048
- Housing units permitted, McDowell County7
Every figure in this section is published for McDowell County as a whole and is not a measurement of Kimball.
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.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Kimball questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Kimball, West Virginia?
231, in 156 households. Kimball town covers 0.60 square miles of land, which is 382 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Kimball in?
McDowell County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
Is Kimball in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Kimball appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Kimball, town of, community 540120, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Kimball figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for McDowell 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 Kimball.
Is zoning published for Kimball?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.