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Parkersburg city, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Parkersburg city is a Census city of 29,240 people across 11.78 square miles of land, in Wood County. Median household income is $49,025, 65.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 21 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.1 m.
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Parkersburg
What Parkersburg is
- Census place typecity
- Land area11.78 sq mi
- Water area0.55 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,482
- 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.
Parkersburg
How many people live in Parkersburg
- Population29,240
- Median age42.2
- Population under 185,899
- Share under 1820.2 percent
- Population 65 and over6,319
- Share 65 and over21.6 percent
- Households13,313
- Family households7,120
- Share of households that are families53.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Parkersburg
Income and work in Parkersburg
- Median household income$49,025
- Per capita income$30,355
- Civilian labor force13,548
- Employed12,483
- Unemployed1,065 plus or minus 262
- Unemployment rate7.9 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over21,226
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Parkersburg
Housing in Parkersburg
- Housing units15,236
- Occupied units13,313
- Vacant units1,923
- Vacancy rate12.6 percent
- Owner occupied8,653
- Renter occupied4,660
- Ownership rate65.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$121,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$785
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.2 percent
- Single family units11,455
- Share single family75.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,605
- Share in buildings of two or more23.7 percent
- Mobile homes176 plus or minus 87
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Parkersburg
How Parkersburg gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute11,152
- Commuting under 15 minutes5,048
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,699
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.2 percent
- Drove alone72.1 percent
- Carpooled10.2 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Public transport2.0 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked3.8 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home9.9 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Parkersburg
SBA loans in Parkersburg (7(a))
- Approvals21
- Gross approval$9,146,900
- Average approval$435,567
- Median approval$375,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$832,500
- Largest approval$2,105,000
- Jobs supported335
- Jobs per approval16.0
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Paid in full6
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more14.3 percent
- Share to franchises23.8 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS13
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 6 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.
Parkersburg
SBA loans in Parkersburg (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,620,000
- Average approval$1,620,000
- Median approval$1,620,000
- Largest approval$1,620,000
- Jobs supported25
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wood County, not Parkersburg
Wood County context, not Parkersburg figures
These are Wood County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Parkersburg measurements.
- Establishments in Wood County1,901
- Employment at those establishments, Wood County29,785
- Covered employment, Wood County35,511
- Average annual pay, Wood County$54,626
- Average weekly wage, Wood County$1,051
- Housing units permitted, Wood County124
- Of those, single family, Wood County91
- County product, 2024, Wood County$4,742,729,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wood County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wood County$50,281
Every figure in this section is published for Wood County as a whole and is not a measurement of Parkersburg. 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
Parkersburg questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Parkersburg, West Virginia?
29,240, in 13,313 households. Parkersburg city covers 11.78 square miles of land, which is 2,482 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Parkersburg 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 Parkersburg?
$49,025. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $121,600. Median gross rent is $785 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Parkersburg businesses?
21 7(a) approvals totalling $9.1 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $375,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $1.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Parkersburg, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Parkersburg borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Parkersburg. only 6 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 Parkersburg figures?
No, and they are labelled 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 Parkersburg.
Is zoning published for Parkersburg?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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