Wyoming
7.2
High score (8-10)
Wyoming County's coal heritage created a community with deep solidarity and a specific Appalachian working-class culture that has real warmth toward people who engage genuinely. Pineville is small but the community is real. An outsider who comes with respect and patience can find authentic human connection here.
Mid score (6-8) · Your profile
Wyoming County is deep coalfields — Pineville as county seat with under 700 people and the county under 20,000 and declining. The coal economy that defined the county has retreated dramatically. There is minimal social infrastructure and the cultural insularity of the southern coalfields is pronounced. Not a market in any conventional sense, but not without human warmth if you engage genuinely.
Lower score (below 6)
Wyoming County is deep coalfields — Pineville as county seat with under 700 people and the county under 20,000 and declining steadily. The coal industry that defined the county's economy and identity has retreated dramatically, leaving no economic alternative and no population base to build one. No social infrastructure exists for an outsider and the cultural insularity of the southern WV coalfields is fully in effect. This is the hard end of Appalachian deindustrialization.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the median income in Wyoming, WestVirginia?
$34k median
What's the typical marriage age for women in Wyoming, WestVirginia?
Women marry at 26
How common is a college degree in Wyoming, WestVirginia?
27% men have degree
What's the average male height in Wyoming, WestVirginia?
177 cm local avg
What's the average BMI for women in Wyoming, WestVirginia?
Local women avg 30.0