Sissonville is home to 3,593 people in West Virginia. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 15% of adults. 79% of homes are owner-occupied. The foreign-born share is 1%. 23.4% of people here live below the federal poverty line. The typical home is worth $180,800, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $66,944, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
15% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 38%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Sissonville
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate12.5% → 23.4%(+10.9 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Population4,290 → 3,593(−16%)US over the same years: +35%
Median home value (2024 dollars)$140,884 → $180,800(+28%)US over the same years: +67%
Sissonville's population equals 2.0% of Kanawha County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.6% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 0.7% 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)16.7%(37)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)42.8%(95)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era27.9%(62)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 222 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
Sissonville, decade by decade
Sissonville 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
4,290
$67,432
$140,884
12.7%
1.0
2000
4,399
$66,900
$130,977
13.4%
4.4
2010
4,028
$62,861
$153,208
18.5%
3.1
2020
4,084
$56,080
$129,082
8.1%
11.0
2024
3,593
$66,944
$180,800
14.9%
6.2
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.
