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County / FIPS 54099

Wayne County

West Virginia

Wayne County runs 18 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.

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At a glance

Public schools

18schools

Hospitals

1facilities

With a star rating

1facilities

Land area

506sq mi

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Wayne County in numbers

American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.

Population

38,164people

1248th of 3,222

Median household income

$58,878

2182nd of 3,222

Poverty rate

14.6%

± 2.5% — wide margin, not ranked

Unemployment rate

Not published

Sample too small here — the margin exceeds the figure by too much to report.

Median home value

$127,100

2546th of 3,222, tied with 2

Median gross rent

$915

1349th of 3,222, tied with 2

Bachelor's degree or higher

19.2%

2147th of 3,222

One figure is withheld above. The Census Bureau publishes them, but with a margin of error wider than 30% of the value — which for a place this size means the survey sampled too few households to say. They are left out rather than shown with a caveat nobody reads.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates. Margins of error are the Bureau’s own, at 90% confidence; margins for rates are derived using the Bureau’s published formulas.

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Federal money

Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Wayne County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.

Obligations, FY2025

$368.1M

1087th of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$9,4442020 population

Change since FY2021

−1%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Wayne County, FY2021–FY2025
$340M$360M$380M
$368M
202120232025
View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$372M
2022$344M
2023$338M
2024$337M
2025$368M

Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Wayne County ranks 1087th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Hospitals in Wayne County

Hospitals in Wayne County
HospitalCityCMS rating
Huntington Va Medical CenterHuntington
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Public schools in Wayne County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Wayne County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
Buffalo Elementary SchoolWayne County SchoolsKenova407
Buffalo Middle SchoolWayne County SchoolsKenova252
Ceredo-Kenova ElementaryWayne County SchoolsKenova635
Ceredo-Kenova Middle SchoolWayne County SchoolsCeredo262
Crum Pre K-8 SchoolWayne County SchoolsCrum228
Dunlow Elementary SchoolWayne County SchoolsDunlow83
East Lynn Elementary SchoolWayne County SchoolsEast Lynn134
Fort Gay Pre K-8Wayne County SchoolsFort Gay551
Genoa Elementary SchoolWayne County SchoolsGenoa56
Kellogg Elementary SchoolWayne County SchoolsHuntington327
Lavalette Elementary SchoolWayne County SchoolsLavalette233
Prichard Elementary SchoolWayne County SchoolsPrichard149
Spring Valley High SchoolWayne County SchoolsHuntington910
Tolsia High SchoolWayne County SchoolsFort Gay367
Vinson Middle SchoolWayne County SchoolsHuntington197
Wayne Elementary SchoolWayne County SchoolsWayne467
Wayne High SchoolWayne County SchoolsWayne611
Wayne Middle SchoolWayne County SchoolsWayne371
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