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40.07° N · 80.78° W · GEOID 3986282

Wolfhurst

Belmont County, Ohio · part of the Wheeling, WV metro

Limited data population under 5,000, core figures borrowed from county or metro: median_household_income

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The short answer

Wolfhurst is home to 1,058 people. Median household income is $57,017 a year and median rent is $271 a month, 5.7% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $75,000, about 1.3x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$271
80% below the median place
Median household income
$57,017
29% below the median place
Median home value
$75,000
77% below the median place
Unemployment
5.4%
11% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Wolfhurst

  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, household income rose 1.8% a year while rent rose -10%, so pay gained on rent more than in 98% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 290 Ohio places.
  • Median rent is $271 a month, lower than in 99% of places its size. It is the lowest of 290 Ohio places.
  • Only 0% of workers mostly work from home, fewer than in 99% of places its size. It is the lowest of 273 Ohio places.
  • The median home is worth 1.3 years of the median household's income, fewer than in 99% of places its size. It is the lowest of 290 Ohio places.
  • Households average 1.86 people, smaller than in 98% of places its size. It is the 3rd-lowest of 290 Ohio places.
01

Moving to Wolfhurst

Belmont County loses about 0.5 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in1,827
Moved out1,853
Net−26

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Ohio County, WV284251+33
Monroe County, OH80106−26
Harrison County, OH6958+11

Within Ohio, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within OhioOther states

Income per tax return

Arrivals$52K
Leavers$52K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Belmont County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
4.3% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 1.9% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Belmont County report $51,800 a year in income on average; those leaving, $52,500.
Income you would need
$10,800 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $271 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $962 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $75,000.
Getting to work
25 minutes each way on average; 0.0% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Wellston, OH matches it on character. Compare the two
Income of households moving in7
$51,796
27% below the median place
Income of households moving out7
$52,481
25% below the median place
Moved here in the past year1
4.3%
25% below the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureWolfhurstAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure4.3%25% below
Moved from another state1County figure1.9%7% below
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure-0.517% above
Income of households moving in7County figure$51,79627% below
Income of households moving out7County figure$52,48125% below
02

What it costs to live here

Median gross rent is $271, 80% below the median place.

Wolfhurst5.7%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$10,840
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
5.7%
72% below the median place
Home price to income
1.3x
65% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
6%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$56,100
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

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Median home value1
$75,000
77% below the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$962
49% below the median place
Renters paying 30%+1
29.9%
41% below the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureWolfhurstAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$27180% below
Rent to income15.7%72% below
Property tax rate11.5%64% above
Home price to income11.3x65% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure88.312% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,00938% below
HUD area median income4County figure$78,90026% below
Property tax paid (median)1$1,12066% below
Median home value1$75,00077% below
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure2.6%18% below
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure35.7%31% below
Homeownership148.3%27% below
Renters paying 30%+129.9%41% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$96249% below
Vacant homes1County figure13.7%94% above
Median year built119591% below
03

Work and pay

Works from home is 0.0%, below the median place (median 12.4%).

Works from home1
0.0%
below the median place (median 12.4%)
Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Poverty rate1
33.3%
209% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureWolfhurstAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1County figure$57,01729% below
Income per person1$20,37349% below
Unemployment1County figure5.4%11% above
Average annual pay6County figure$52,09721% below
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure4.7%27% above
Jobs6County figure20,52286% below
Poverty rate133.3%209% above
Mean commute1County figure25 min1% above
Works from home10.0%below (median 12.4%)
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Household size is 1.9, 26% below the median place.

Household size1
1.9
26% below the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
9.7%
70% below the median place
Homes with broadband1
80.4%
13% below the median place
All 8 people measures
MeasureWolfhurstAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population11,0586646th largest
Median age142.79% above
Bachelor's or higher19.7%70% below
High school or higher193.1%1% above
Household size11.926% below
Born abroad1County figure1.2%86% below
No health insurance1County figure5.5%14% below
Homes with broadband180.4%13% below
05

Life in Wolfhurst

27 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents0.0 −100%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars18.6 −11%
Shops37.6 +24%
Arts, recreation and fitness3.1 −24%
Doctors' offices and clinics15.6 −23%
Child care centers1.7 −26%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Child care centers per 10k8
1.7
26% below the median place
Shops per 10k8
37.6
24% above the median place
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8
15.6
23% below the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureWolfhurstAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11County figure23156% above
Public school students11County figure8,61976% above
Students per teacher11County figure16.15% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure18.611% below
Shops per 10k8County figure37.624% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure3.124% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure15.623% below
Child care centers per 10k8County figure1.726% below
Parks per 10k90.0below (median 10.2)
Playgrounds per 10k90.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k90.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails90.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi90.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings10County figure27108% above
06

Safety, weather and risk

Heat wave risk is 57.9, 36% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Wolfhurst. Larger places are fetched first.

Heat wave risk13
57.9
36% below the median place
Natural hazard risk13
75.2
19% below the median place
July average high12
83°F
4% below the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureWolfhurstAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure83°F4% below
January average low12County figure21°F17% below
Average temperature12County figure52°F6% below
Annual precipitation12County figure42.9 in2% below
Natural hazard risk13County figure75.219% below
Hurricane risk13County figure55.322% below
Tornado risk13County figure55.532% below
Wildfire risk13County figure40.734% below
Heat wave risk13County figure57.936% below
Median air quality index14County figure422% below
Good air days14County figure63.0%8% below
08

Wolfhurst in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 11% of the median income in 2030, down from 11% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$271/mo (2024)$320/mo$260 to $390/mo+2.7%
Median household income$28,833 (2024)$36,000$30,500 to $42,500+3.8%
Median home value$75,000 (2024)$98,000$71,000 to $136,000+4.6%

The median home would be worth 2.7 years of the median income in 2030, against 2.6 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Wolfhurst

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Wellston, OH$534$56,193Compare
Leitchfield, KY$621$44,347Compare
Pinckneyville, IL$416$69,583Compare
Kennett, MO$651$52,500Compare
Kennett, MOPinckneyville, ILLeitchfield, KYWellston, OHWolfhurst, OHWolfhurstWellstonLeitchfieldPinckneyvilleKennettWolfhurstWellstonLeitchfieldPinckneyvilleKennett

Common questions

Is Wolfhurst a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, household income rose 1.8% a year while rent rose -10%, so pay gained on rent more than in 98% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 290 Ohio places. Median rent is $271 a month, lower than in 99% of places its size. It is the lowest of 290 Ohio places. On cost, space and class size it scores 35 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Wolfhurst expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 5.7% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $75,000.

What salary do you need to live in Wolfhurst?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $10,840 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Wolfhurst?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Wellston, OH, Leitchfield, KY, Pinckneyville, IL and Kennett, MO.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Wolfhurst with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Wolfhurst itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/wolfhurst-ohio

Citytistics. “Wolfhurst, Ohio.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/wolfhurst-ohio/

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