Kingwood is home to 2,973 people in West Virginia. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $162,000. The foreign-born share is 2%. Median rent is $664 a month. Households here earn about 19% more than in West Virginia as a whole. There are 1,223 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $71,154, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.5
US median: 38.9
Average education
30% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 33%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Kingwood
What changed most since 1990
White share98.1% → 93.9%(−4.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$129,604 → $162,000(+25%)US over the same years: +67%
Median household income (2024 dollars)$47,893 → $71,154(+49%)US over the same years: +14%
Kingwood's population equals 8.7% of Preston County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 3.1% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 14% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)29.2%(33)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)45.1%(51)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era45.1%(51)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 113 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Kingwood, decade by decade
Kingwood population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,243
$47,893
$129,604
17.4%
4.8
2000
2,944
$53,110
$121,869
21.8%
6.4
2010
2,939
$48,788
$145,008
20.1%
7.3
2020
2,980
$65,680
$154,535
26.2%
14.7
2024
2,973
$71,154
$162,000
30.4%
14.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
