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SheetWV-BRAMWELL-WV · Bramwell, WV 129 pop · income 3rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Bramwell
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bramwell on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cairo · lowest
29,650
Cairo · lowest
29,650 median HH income
38.8% of the leader · rank #1
Soperton · near
32,995
Soperton · near
32,995 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #2
La Fayette · near
32,999
La Fayette · near
32,999 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #3
Bramwell · this city
33,000
Bramwell · this city
33,000 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #4
Truxton · near
33,000
Truxton · near
33,000 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #5
Many · near
33,000
Many · near
33,000 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #6
Green Spring · highest
76,406
Green Spring · highest
76,406 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bramwell on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 129.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Bramwell places in the 3rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
3rd
percentile, household income
5th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Bramwell, WV
Bramwell is a small town in West Virginia, home to 129 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Bramwell brings in $33,000 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 21.4%. The median resident age is 72.4 years. Educational attainment runs 22.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 34.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 0 residential units authorized here in 2024 (No Permits).
Living costs in West Virginia run below the national norm: the state registers 89.5 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $945 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts West Virginia's average monthly utility costs around $220 (state average). Workers in Bramwell report an average commute of 12.5 minutes, with 88.6% driving alone and 11.4% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 49.2 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bramwell's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to population change to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Bramwell, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, local building permits, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Bramwell?
Within West Virginia, the closest population matches are Van (129 residents, $63,864 income); Kanawha (130 residents, $65,469 income); Roderfield (126 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bodcaw, AR (129 residents); Higden, AR (129 residents); Tillar, AR (129 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Is Bramwell growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -12 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -4.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What does the journey to work look like in Bramwell?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 88.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 12.5 minutes.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 21.4% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
89.5 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, West Virginia average
F
City profile score · Bramwell, WV
32/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A
89.5 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share D
22.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
21.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$33,000
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Bramwell profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 87/100 (A) · 89.5 index
Bachelor's+ share: 40/100 (D) · 22.0%
Poverty rate: 11/100 (F) · 21.4%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $33,000
How does Bramwell compare to other US cities?
Here's how Bramwell stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income3% higher than other cities
Median rent5% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bramwell against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to West Virginia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
West Virginia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Bramwell near the bottom of West Virginia's cities
Among the 390 West Virginia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Bramwell ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bramwell only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#280 of 330
15th percentile in West Virginia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 390
0th percentile in West Virginia
Poverty Rate
#92 of 389
76th percentile in West Virginia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#114 of 390
71st percentile in West Virginia
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within West Virginia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
3rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$33,000Bramwell, WV median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bramwell, WV median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Bramwell, WV.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)21.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)34.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
129
Median Income
$33,000
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
72.4
Poverty Rate
21.4%
Labor force participation
34.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
22.0%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Bramwell's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
271 residents
2021
269 residents
2022
266 residents
2023
264 residents
2024
259 residents
2025
259 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
12.5 minutes
Drive Alone
88.6%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
11.4%
Based on 44 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
West Virginia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $220
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across West Virginia at $220 (electricity about $110 , water and sewer about $38 ).
These are West Virginia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Bramwell. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
West Virginia's BEA cost-of-living index is 89.5 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Bramwell is $945/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to West Virginia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.2 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a West Virginia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Bramwell sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Bramwell compares to similar-size West Virginia cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.