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Fort Gay, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Fort Gay is a Census town of 437 people across 0.82 square miles of land, in Wayne County. 42.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Fort Gay
What Fort Gay is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.82 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land530 plus or minus 209
- County holding the largest share of its areaWayne 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.
Fort Gay
How many people live in Fort Gay
- Population437 plus or minus 172
- Median age44.0 plus or minus 11.3
- Population under 1867 plus or minus 48
- Share under 1815.3 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Population 65 and over98 plus or minus 49
- Share 65 and over22.4 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Households212 plus or minus 76
- Family households114 plus or minus 60
- Share of households that are families53.8 percent plus or minus 20.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Gay
Income and work in Fort Gay
- Per capita income$20,516 plus or minus $4,738
- Civilian labor force146 plus or minus 87
- Employed146 plus or minus 87
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over363 plus or minus 136
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.4 percent plus or minus 41.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher5.2 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.1 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Fort Gay
- Housing units354 plus or minus 107
- Occupied units212 plus or minus 76
- Vacant units142 plus or minus 78
- Vacancy rate40.1 percent plus or minus 18.4
- Owner occupied91 plus or minus 46
- Renter occupied121 plus or minus 54
- Ownership rate42.9 percent plus or minus 15.3
- Median owner-occupied home value$62,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$726 plus or minus $167
- Single family units185 plus or minus 67
- Share single family52.3 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Units in buildings of two or more82 plus or minus 47
- Share in buildings of two or more23.2 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Mobile homes87 plus or minus 67
- Median year structure built1984
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Gay
How Fort Gay gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute143 plus or minus 86
- Commuting under 15 minutes52 plus or minus 45
- Share commuting under 15 minutes36.4 percent plus or minus 22.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more59 plus or minus 40
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.3 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Drove alone90.4 percent plus or minus 20.2
- Carpooled7.5 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home2.1 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Gay
Flood risk in Fort Gay
- NFIP communityTown of Fort Gay
- NFIP community number540202
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date09/02/16
The Town of Fort Gay participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 540202 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.
Wayne County, not Fort Gay
Wayne County context, not Fort Gay figures
- Establishments in Wayne County434
- Covered employment, Wayne County8,494
- Average annual pay, Wayne County$59,886
- Housing units permitted, Wayne County68
Every figure in this section is published for Wayne County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fort Gay.
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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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
Fort Gay questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Gay, West Virginia?
437, in 212 households. Fort Gay town covers 0.82 square miles of land, which is 530 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Gay in?
Wayne County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
Is Fort Gay in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Fort Gay appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Fort Gay, town of, community 540202, 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 Fort Gay figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wayne 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 Fort Gay.
Is zoning published for Fort Gay?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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