Floods - Ohio River Flood, 1937
Powhatan Point’s story
198 years in pictures
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- 1828Powhatan Point is settled
Powhatan PointOH
A town of 1,407, settled in 1828. A typical home costs 2 years of the Wheeling metro’s $57K median household income.
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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain
Population
1,407
2025 Census estimate · −3.4% since 2020
Typical home
$116K
−0.6% in a year
Household income
$49K
median
Median age
51.4
years
Jobs based here
99
A commuter town
Is Powhatan Point a good place to live?
Powhatan Point’s best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for incomes. Only 91 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on the outdoors. Powhatan Point has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Powhatan Point stand out
Where Powhatan Point beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Typical home value
Powhatan Point$116K
Ohio$246K
Cost of livingA+
2 years of income buys a home
More affordable than 95% of U.S. towns
Zillow Home Value Index; area median household income, Census ACS.
WalkabilityB+
More walkable than 75% of U.S. towns
6.2% of workers walk, bike or ride transit
EPA National Walkability Index; Census ACS.
Worth knowing · Natural hazardsD
Riskier than 85% of U.S. communities
Inland flooding at the top
FEMA National Risk Index.
Small town
1,407 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Nearby towns
York TownshipPowhatan Point
How Powhatan Point grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Powhatan Point is from typical.
Jobs & incomeD−Open →Cost of livingA+Open →Hazard riskinland flooding tops the listDOpen →HealthReynolds Memorial Hospital 6.5 miles awayC−Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 7.2 of 20; 7.8% of households have no carB+Open →SchoolsBehind 57% of Ohio districts on tests and graduationC+Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
OutdoorsConserved land, trails and parksD−Open →HistoryB+Open →Civic life3.9 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsC−Open →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
Climate–Open →Housing market–Open →Who lives hereMedian age 51.4; 11% of adults have a four-year degree–Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to Powhatan Point: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Powhatan Point, and how to reach them.
PowerAEP Ohio19.0¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterPowhatan Point Public Water SystemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet5 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Powhatan Point’s trash rules yet
Register to voteOnlineIn Ohio you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereDirector, Belmont County Board of ElectionsBelmont County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2026
ZIP code4394243942 100%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Powhatan Point.
HousingCost of living grade A+
A home in Powhatan Point is worth about $116K, on Zillow’s estimate
The share of households in Powhatan Point who are owner-occupiers is 64%, against 77% in Ohio’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
$116KZillow home value
Typical home value
Powhatan Point$116K
Ohio$246K
−0.6%
value change, 1 year
2
homes sold in March
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
HealthC−
Health in Powhatan Point trails 84% of U.S. towns
39% of Powhatan Point adults sleep under 7 hours. This Ohio town does better than the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 9. The share of adults in Powhatan Point who have high blood pressure is 42%, where Ohio’s towns sit at 38% and U.S. towns at 35%.
16%healthier than U.S. townsC−Health Grade
| Powhatan Point | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
32 measures vs. Ohio
1 better22 too close to call9 worse
| What stands out | Powhatan Point | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8% |
Reynolds Memorial Hospital
6.5 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade D
The FEMA risk score in Powhatan Point is higher than in most of Ohio or the rest of the country
Powhatan Point has had 73 paid flood insurance claims since 1979. Federal aid has come to Powhatan Point households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2004. Also worth knowing: 89% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding.
85risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland flooding
73
paid flood claims since 1979
3
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Work & commuteJobs & income grade D−
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Powhatan Point’s workers commute out
The typical household income in Powhatan Point is $49,000. For most workers, Powhatan Point is a place to come home to: only 4% work in town. In Powhatan Point, just over a fifth of residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based here fell to 99 in 2023, 120 fewer than in 2013.
4%work in town
| Powhatan Point | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $49,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
In Powhatan Point4%
Barnesville7%
Wheeling6%
Richland Township3%
Mead Township3%
20 mi
median commute distance
99
jobs based in Powhatan Point
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B+
Walkability grade: more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Climate
The climate in Powhatan Point brings four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
16″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter25–42°
Spring41–64°
Summer62–84°
Fall44–66°
Oct 21
typical first frost
Apr 26
typical last frost
+1.1°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Nearby attractions
All 51 attractions →Grave Creek Mound and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Powhatan Point. Close and well known come first.
5 mi Ancient siteGrave Creek Mound
34 mi MuseumMeadowcroft Rockshelter
15 mi Stadium & arenaWesBanco Arena
18 mi City parkOglebay Park
15 mi MuseumWest Virginia Independence Hall
38 mi MuseumPennsylvania Trolley MuseumSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Grave Creek Mound: Shonebrooks, CC0 · Meadowcroft Rockshelter: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · WesBanco Arena: Jgera5 at English Wikipedia, CC0 · Oglebay Park: Morganismysheltie (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · West Virginia Independence Hall: Nyttend, Public domain · Pennsylvania Trolley Museum: The original uploader was N2xjk at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0
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Keep exploring
Everything we know about Powhatan Point
17pages on Powhatan Point
The big questions
Out and about
The story
After high school
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Powhatan Point
About 2 of every 100 Powhatan Point residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
A commuter town
96% of working residents leave Powhatan Point for work
Where Powhatan Point’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
99jobs based in Powhatan Point
4%of working residents work in town
20 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
About Powhatan Point
Village in Ohio, United States
Powhatan Point is a village in southeastern Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,461 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. While "Powhatan" likely memorializes the Native-American tribe of the same name, the "Point" in the town's name refers to the confluence between the Captina Creek and the Ohio River. Powhatan Point is the closest town on the Ohio side of Captina Island in the Ohio River.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1849
- Area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 682 ft
- ZIP code
- 43942
Questions about Powhatan Point
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Powhatan Point, OH expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.