GypsyWV
119 people live in this town, settled in 1900.
Is Gypsy a good place to live?
Gypsy’s mean commuting time is 34 minutes, above both the West Virginia town median (21 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Of the 62 West Virginia towns we compare, none has a lower home-ownership rate than Gypsy. Gypsy has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Gypsy.
More children than West Virginia overall
Here, 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 24% in West Virginia as a whole. Children under 18 are just over a third of residents (20% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (21% statewide).
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
59% women, 41% men
About 70 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±8.4 points). Across West Virginia, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Gypsy | WV | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 27.7% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.6% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.8% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 0% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 21% | 12% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17.6% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 0% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.3% | 12.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 0% | 8.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0% | 10.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 0% | 39.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 69.8% | 17.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 0% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 30.2% | 14.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 0% | 9.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 100, single groups can be off by several points
Most of Gypsy’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Bridgeport (20%), Morgantown (8%) and Clarksburg (8%). Jobs based in Gypsy fell to 42 in 2023, 89 fewer than in 2013. Half the trips to work are shorter than 13 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Gypsy: four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 85° and January nights of 22°, with about 24 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Gypsy is
The share of adults 18 to 64 in Gypsy who have no health insurance: 10%. Among 62 West Virginia towns, just 3 have a higher share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Gypsy. In Gypsy, a fifth of adults report frequent physical distress, and 19% have diabetes.
| Gypsy | West Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 18% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Gypsy | WV |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 29.6% | 19.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 14.3% | 10.6% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 21.1% | 16.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Gypsy: inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Gypsy, 86% come from inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2008.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Gypsy
Moving to Gypsy: who provides what
Gypsy is unincorporated, so Harrison County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
100% of working residents leave Gypsy for work
Where Gypsy’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Gypsy
College town 16 of every 100 Gypsy residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across West Virginia.
About Gypsy
Census-designated place in West Virginia, United States
Gypsy is a census-designated place (CDP) in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 197 (down from 328 at the 2010 census).
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- Area
- 0.8 sq mi
- ZIP code
- 26361
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