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Place dossier plate
SheetWV-WOLF-SUMMIT-WV ยท Wolf Summit, WV 216 pop ยท income 4th 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 Wolf Summit
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Wolf Summit on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Goodsprings ยท lowest
23,918
Goodsprings ยท lowest
23,918 median HH income
12.5% of the leader ยท rank #1
Dodson ยท near
34,115
Dodson ยท near
34,115 median HH income
17.9% of the leader ยท rank #2
Westway ยท near
34,115
Westway ยท near
34,115 median HH income
17.9% of the leader ยท rank #3
Wolf Summit ยท this city
34,120
Wolf Summit ยท this city
34,120 median HH income
17.9% of the leader ยท rank #4
Port Orford ยท near
34,122
Port Orford ยท near
34,122 median HH income
17.9% of the leader ยท rank #5
Wadesboro ยท near
34,125
Wadesboro ยท near
34,125 median HH income
17.9% of the leader ยท rank #6
Smarr ยท highest
190,921
Smarr ยท highest
190,921 median HH income
100.0% of the leader ยท 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 Wolf Summit 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: 216.
Wolf Summit ranks in the 4th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
4th
percentile, household income
16th
percentile, home value
5th
percentile, median rent
๐ 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: Wolf Summit, WV
Wolf Summit is a small town in West Virginia, home to 216 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Wolf Summit report a median income of $34,120 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Wolf Summit's housing stock carries a median value of $115,800, and the median resident age is 63.2 years. 3.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 48.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in West Virginia run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts West Virginia at 89.5 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $945 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $220 across West Virginia, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Workers in Wolf Summit report an average commute of 25.0 minutes, with 100.0% driving alone and 0.0% 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 Wolf Summit'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 work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Wolf Summit, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, 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 Wolf Summit?
Within West Virginia, the closest population matches are Anawalt (217 residents, $26,375 income); Neibert (215 residents); Kimball (219 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Pulaski, GA (216 residents); Smarr, GA (216 residents); Wyatt, IN (216 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Wolf Summit?
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 100.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 25.0 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in Wolf Summit?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Lowest-decile income ยท poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
89.5 (US=100)
Affordable ยท BEA RPP 2024, West Virginia average
D
City profile score ยท Wolf Summit, WV
47/100
4 published dimensions ยท 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.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living A
89.5 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 โ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$34,120
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop โฅ1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
3.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Wolf Summit profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) ยท 0.0%
Cost of living: 87/100 (A) ยท 89.5 index
Household income: 0/100 (F) ยท $34,120
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) ยท 3.7%
How does Wolf Summit compare to other US cities?
Where Wolf Summit sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income4% higher than other cities
Home value16% pricier 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 Wolf Summit 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 Wolf Summit near the bottom of West Virginia's cities
Among the 390 West Virginia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Wolf Summit ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Wolf Summit only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#275 of 330
17th percentile in West Virginia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 390
0th percentile in West Virginia
Median Home Value
#146 of 337
56th percentile in West Virginia
Poverty Rate
#312 of 389
0th percentile in West Virginia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#329 of 390
15th 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
4th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Wolf Summit's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$115,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 84% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates ยท 2023
Wolf Summit's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.4ร
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0โ5.0ร
National rank
#8,549 of 15,516
More affordable than 45% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,941 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.4ร, Wolf Summit sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,549 of 15,516 and #6,941 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value รท median household income for cities with both fields and population โฅ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0โ5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$34,120Wolf Summit, WV median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Wolf Summit, 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 Wolf Summit, WV.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)3.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)48.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
216
Median Income
$34,120
Median Home Value
$115,800
Median Age
63.2
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
48.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
3.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
25.0 minutes
Drive Alone
100.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 104 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 Wolf Summit. 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 Wolf Summit 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 Wolf Summit sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Wolf Summit 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 ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.