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PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas

Senior Food Insecurity in
West Virginia

West Virginia's senior poverty rate is 11.2%, and 28.8% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 55 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.

11.2%

Senior poverty (65+)

28.8%

Seniors living alone

38.1%

Senior SNAP take-up

$45,248

Senior median income

West Virginia by county

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West Virginia at a glance

Seniors in poverty

40K

Ages 65+

Senior poverty rate

11.2%

Ages 65+

Living alone

28.8%

1-person HH, 65+

Senior SNAP

38.1%

HH with 60+ member

Senior median income

$45,248

Householder 65+

Isolation index

0.43

Blended 0–1

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 55 counties in West Virginia.

Highest senior poverty

Ages 65+, rate

  1. 1 McDowell 24.4%
  2. 2 Calhoun 16.9%
  3. 3 Mingo 16.7%
  4. 4 Barbour 15.9%
  5. 5 Ritchie 15.7%

Most seniors living alone

1-person HH, 65+

  1. 1 Ohio 37.4%
  2. 2 Summers 37.3%
  3. 3 Greenbrier 35.2%
  4. 4 Wood 34.3%
  5. 5 Pocahontas 33.0%

Largest senior population

Absolute count, 65+

  1. 1 Kanawha 38K
  2. 2 Berkeley 19K
  3. 3 Cabell 17K
  4. 4 Wood 17K
  5. 5 Raleigh 16K

Every county in West Virginia

All 55 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.

County Senior poverty Living alone Senior SNAP Senior income Seniors (count) Isolation idx
Barbour 15.9% 32.7% 33.5% $37,666 3,069 0.63
Berkeley 11.3% 25.9% 30.0% $59,464 18,964 0.37
Boone 9.5% 26.7% 45.5% $45,064 4,512 0.34
Braxton 13.3% 22.5% 43.5% $39,382 2,960 0.34
Brooke 8.6% 30.0% 47.4% $46,540 5,220 0.40
Cabell 10.0% 31.0% 33.0% $45,900 17,498 0.45
Calhoun 16.9% 26.0% 39.7% $40,105 1,581 0.50
Clay 12.5% 28.1% 39.8% $36,449 1,702 0.45
Doddridge 8.9% 17.6% 56.6% $51,848 1,640 0.13
Fayette 14.8% 29.0% 37.9% $40,837 8,592 0.52
Gilmer 4.5% 26.2% 45.0% $41,375 1,241 0.22
Grant 12.6% 26.8% 41.8% $46,071 2,599 0.42
Greenbrier 10.5% 35.2% 34.1% $44,137 7,594 0.56
Hampshire 12.8% 29.1% 57.5% $39,696 5,431 0.48
Hancock 9.3% 30.0% 39.4% $50,374 6,662 0.42
Hardy 10.1% 24.7% 38.0% $44,909 3,255 0.31
Harrison 9.9% 31.4% 35.2% $47,908 12,546 0.46
Jackson 11.0% 29.3% 31.3% $41,408 5,690 0.44
Jefferson 8.7% 27.7% 40.2% $68,034 9,718 0.35
Kanawha 11.1% 31.1% 35.0% $49,384 37,777 0.48
Lewis 14.7% 29.4% 35.7% $37,656 3,439 0.53
Lincoln 13.5% 23.4% 43.8% $37,122 4,083 0.36
Logan 11.6% 27.7% 42.3% $42,121 6,825 0.42
Marion 8.7% 28.2% 37.1% $49,428 10,791 0.36
Marshall 9.8% 25.9% 37.2% $46,386 6,823 0.33
Mason 13.1% 28.8% 41.6% $37,355 5,498 0.48
McDowell 24.4% 29.6% 44.0% $27,208 3,845 0.75
Mercer 12.4% 25.6% 34.3% $41,419 12,999 0.39
Mineral 13.7% 29.2% 43.5% $49,410 5,915 0.50
Mingo 16.7% 26.0% 42.0% $38,229 4,842 0.49
Monongalia 7.4% 28.8% 29.4% $57,734 13,654 0.34
Monroe 6.6% 27.7% 45.5% $38,497 3,014 0.30
Morgan 10.1% 27.9% 38.2% $53,858 4,149 0.39
Nicholas 13.8% 27.8% 54.3% $38,891 5,658 0.47
Ohio 11.5% 37.4% 36.2% $47,125 9,057 0.63
Pendleton 9.5% 20.8% 35.2% $42,339 1,699 0.21
Pleasants 8.3% 20.2% 28.3% $49,464 1,330 0.17
Pocahontas 9.3% 33.0% 45.3% $37,500 2,017 0.48
Preston 11.2% 28.5% 50.2% $47,220 6,587 0.43
Putnam 6.1% 21.3% 27.6% $53,578 10,812 0.15
Raleigh 15.4% 28.7% 38.5% $41,196 15,637 0.52
Randolph 13.8% 27.1% 47.4% $38,794 5,899 0.45
Ritchie 15.7% 29.0% 49.1% $40,523 1,921 0.54
Roane 11.4% 30.5% 45.2% $38,860 3,104 0.47
Summers 13.0% 37.3% 47.5% $33,354 3,044 0.67
Taylor 4.6% 23.9% 27.4% $42,228 3,389 0.17
Tucker 12.0% 28.7% 51.1% $39,757 1,782 0.45
Tyler 10.3% 27.8% 51.6% $51,616 1,889 0.39
Upshur 14.2% 26.1% 36.6% $39,497 4,866 0.44
Wayne 11.4% 28.0% 40.9% $41,398 8,338 0.42
Webster 12.7% 23.4% 48.0% $39,561 1,960 0.34
Wetzel 8.5% 31.9% 30.9% $45,860 3,151 0.44
Wirt 13.0% 29.0% 49.1% $44,410 1,141 0.48
Wood 8.1% 34.3% 33.3% $44,820 17,388 0.49
Wyoming 14.7% 19.7% 50.3% $39,901 4,749 0.31

Senior food help in West Virginia

SNAP, CSFP senior boxes, Meals on Wheels, and senior-specific pantry programs.

Seniors Resource Guide

West Virginia senior SNAP

Senior-specific SNAP rules, how to apply in West Virginia, and benefit amounts.

West Virginia SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search West Virginia's verified pantries — many serve seniors with home delivery or box programs.

West Virginia food pantries