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Kanawha, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Kanawha is a Census CDP of 192 people across 0.88 square miles of land, in Wood County. Median household income is $60,547, 94.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Kanawha
What Kanawha is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area0.88 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land219 plus or minus 88
- County holding the largest share of its areaWood 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.
Kanawha
How many people live in Kanawha
- Population192 plus or minus 77
- Median age58.8
- Population under 186 plus or minus 15
- Share under 183.1 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Population 65 and over67 plus or minus 35
- Share 65 and over34.9 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Households111 plus or minus 41
- Family households62 plus or minus 42
- Share of households that are families55.9 percent plus or minus 31.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kanawha
Income and work in Kanawha
- Median household income$60,547 plus or minus $22,589
- Per capita income$36,790 plus or minus $12,715
- Civilian labor force85 plus or minus 69
- Employed85 plus or minus 69
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over186 plus or minus 76
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.8 percent plus or minus 55.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.3 percent plus or minus 14.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.7 percent plus or minus 8.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kanawha
Housing in Kanawha
- Housing units189 plus or minus 63
- Occupied units111 plus or minus 41
- Vacant units78 plus or minus 56
- Vacancy rate41.3 percent plus or minus 26.2
- Owner occupied105 plus or minus 40
- Renter occupied6 plus or minus 9
- Ownership rate94.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$262,500 plus or minus $89,412
- Single family units123 plus or minus 46
- Share single family65.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more6 plus or minus 16
- Share in buildings of two or more3.2 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Mobile homes60 plus or minus 57
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Kanawha
How Kanawha gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute85 plus or minus 69
- Commuting under 15 minutes16 plus or minus 26
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.8 percent plus or minus 27.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more56 plus or minus 47
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more65.9 percent
- Drove alone81.2 percent plus or minus 38.8
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked18.8 percent plus or minus 22.3
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wood County, not Kanawha
Wood County context, not Kanawha figures
- Establishments in Wood County1,901
- Covered employment, Wood County35,511
- Average annual pay, Wood County$54,626
- Housing units permitted, Wood County124
Every figure in this section is published for Wood County as a whole and is not a measurement of Kanawha.
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.
Coverage
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
Kanawha questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Kanawha, West Virginia?
192, in 111 households. Kanawha CDP covers 0.88 square miles of land, which is 219 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Kanawha in?
Wood 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 Kanawha?
$60,547. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $262,500. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Kanawha figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wood 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 Kanawha.
Is zoning published for Kanawha?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.