Where you live
Enter your ZIP code or street address to find your county below and the people who decide this for you, by name. SourceLine does not keep the address.
Ranked from doing best
Every county in West Virginia
| Margin of error | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkeley County | 52.5% | plus or minus 5.2 points | 76% |
| 2 | Kanawha County | 40.8% | plus or minus 5.1 points | 71.1% |
| 3 | Raleigh County | 40.2% | plus or minus 7.7 points | 75.3% |
| 4 | Cabell County | 26.6% | plus or minus 8.3 points | 64.2% |
| 5 | Monongalia County | 20.2% | plus or minus 7.7 points | 57.9% |
| Not ranked | Barbour County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 78.3% | |
| Not ranked | Boone County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 81.3% | |
| Not ranked | Braxton County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 76.8% | |
| Not ranked | Brooke County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 74.6% | |
| Not ranked | Calhoun County | Not published: too few people in the survey | 87.1% | |
| Not ranked | Clay County | Not published: too few people in the survey | 76% | |
| Not ranked | Doddridge County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 88.8% | |
| Not ranked | Fayette County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 77.7% | |
| Not ranked | Gilmer County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 75.6% | |
| Not ranked | Grant County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 81.1% | |
| Not ranked | Greenbrier County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 73.1% | |
| Not ranked | Hampshire County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 82.7% | |
| Not ranked | Hancock County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 74.5% | |
| Not ranked | Hardy County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 77.3% | |
| Not ranked | Harrison County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 73.6% | |
| Not ranked | Jackson County | Not published: too few people in the survey | 78.6% | |
| Not ranked | Jefferson County | 56.9% Wide margin of error | plus or minus 10.6 points | 80.3% |
| Not ranked | Lewis County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 72.2% | |
| Not ranked | Lincoln County | Not published: too few people in the survey | 74.5% | |
| Not ranked | Logan County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 77% | |
| Not ranked | Marion County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 76.7% | |
| Not ranked | Marshall County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 78.4% | |
| Not ranked | Mason County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 81.8% | |
| Not ranked | McDowell County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 77.3% | |
| Not ranked | Mercer County | 58% Wide margin of error | plus or minus 10.5 points | 72.9% |
| Not ranked | Mineral County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 81% | |
| Not ranked | Mingo County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 73.4% | |
| Not ranked | Monroe County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 86.9% | |
| Not ranked | Morgan County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 84.1% | |
| Not ranked | Nicholas County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 82.2% | |
| Not ranked | Ohio County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 66.4% | |
| Not ranked | Pendleton County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 84.9% | |
| Not ranked | Pleasants County | Not published: too few people in the survey | 81.4% | |
| Not ranked | Pocahontas County | Not published: too few people in the survey | 83.6% | |
| Not ranked | Preston County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 81.5% | |
| Not ranked | Putnam County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 81.8% | |
| Not ranked | Randolph County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 75% | |
| Not ranked | Ritchie County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 84.2% | |
| Not ranked | Roane County | Not published: too few people in the survey | 78.9% | |
| Not ranked | Summers County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 81.2% | |
| Not ranked | Taylor County | Not published: too few people in the survey | 83.9% | |
| Not ranked | Tucker County | Not published: too few people in the survey | 80.9% | |
| Not ranked | Tyler County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 84.1% | |
| Not ranked | Upshur County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 80.7% | |
| Not ranked | Wayne County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 78.6% | |
| Not ranked | Webster County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 77.3% | |
| Not ranked | Wetzel County | Not published: too few people in the survey | 83.2% | |
| Not ranked | Wirt County | Not published: too few people in the survey | 87.8% | |
| Not ranked | Wood County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 75.1% | |
| Not ranked | Wyoming County | Too small to report: fewer than 1,000 Black households | 82.5% |
Ranked: the 5 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with at least 1,000 Black households and with a margin of error of 10 points or less. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.
Who decides
From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.
You and your neighbors Know your rights as a renter or owner, check your property tax assessment, and show up when zoning is decided.
Ask: Is my assessment right, and when is the deadline to appeal it?
Your mayor, council and county commission Decide zoning, property taxes, code enforcement and how local housing money is spent.
Ask: What is being built here, who can afford it, and who decided?
Your state legislators Write landlord and tenant law and decide where the housing tax credit goes.
Ask: Where did our state place its housing tax credits last year?
Your members of Congress Fund rent help, public housing and the housing tax credit.
Ask: How long is the wait for rent help in our county?
What you can do
- This weekLook up your property assessment or reread your lease, and write down any deadline.
- The next date that mattersThe next zoning hearing or property tax appeal deadline in your county.
- Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources
Black households that own their home. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.
Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.
Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.