StonewoodWV
A town of 1,743.
Is Stonewood a good place to live?
Stonewood’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for schools and walkability; its weakest is a D for health. Among 62 West Virginia towns, just 2 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Stonewood. Stonewood has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Stonewood stand out
Where Stonewood beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Typical home value
| Widest gap | Stonewood | WV |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.2% | 19.5% |
99% of working residents leave Stonewood for work
Where Stonewood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Stonewood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within West Virginia), ordered by how far Stonewood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Stonewood: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Stonewood, and how to reach them.
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 Stonewood.
Residents of Stonewood are less healthy than nine in ten U.S. towns
Among adults in Stonewood, 26% say their health is fair or poor. In Stonewood, 16% of adults have diabetes, close to West Virginia’s towns (16%) and above U.S. towns (12%).
| Stonewood | West Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 12% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 31% | 23% |
| What stands out | Stonewood | WV |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.2% | 19.5% |
| Fewer adults seeing a dentist | 50.2% | 55.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With only 0.2 jobs per working resident, most people in Stonewood work out of town
In Stonewood, the middle household income is $55,000, where West Virginia’s towns sit at $59,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Commuting out is the norm locally: 1% of working residents work locally. Also worth knowing: this West Virginia town had 123 jobs in 2023, down 165 from 2013. Its mean commuting time stands at 20 minutes.
| Stonewood | West Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 8% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 21 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $55,000 | $59,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: high risk in Stonewood, mostly inland flooding
The national flood insurance program has paid 3 claims in Stonewood since 1985. On expected storm and flood damage, Stonewood sits above 77% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 90% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Stonewood’s typical home value is about $125K
Stonewood’s median rent stands at $749 a month. Home values are down 4.9% over the year to September 2026. 72% of Stonewood households own their home.
| Stonewood | West Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $749 a month | $878 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 68% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Young adults are less common in Stonewood than in West Virginia
The share of residents in Stonewood who are 65 or older: 17%. Adults 18 to 34 are just over one in ten residents (21% statewide); children under 18 are 27% of residents (20% statewide). This West Virginia town is shrinking: down 3.9% since 2020, to 1,743 residents (2025 estimate). Four-year graduates: 26% of adults 25 and older here, 24% across West Virginia.
| Stonewood | West Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across West Virginia, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Stonewood | WV | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.9% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.5% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.7% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.5% | 12% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 21.2% | 12% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.5% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.3% | 12.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.9% | 8.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 10.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 44.3% | 39.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.4% | 17.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4.8% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.1% | 14.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 2.8% | 9.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
In Stonewood, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 84°; in January, nights fall to 22°, and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Catalpa Heights Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Stonewood
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Stonewood
About 3 of every 100 Stonewood residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across West Virginia.
About Stonewood
City in West Virginia, US
Stonewood is a city in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,810 at the 2020 census. The city's name is a portmanteau of Stonewall and Norwood, which were two neighboring unincorporated communities where Stonewood exists today.
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- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,037 ft
- Area code
- 304
Stonewood’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Stonewood.
| Town | WV rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stonewood | — | — | A | — | A− | D |
| Nutter Fort | — | — | A− | — | A− | D |
| Anmoore | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Stonewood and Nutter Fort have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Stonewood and Nutter Fort report no FBI crime data of their own. Anmoore isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Stonewood with a neighbor →
Questions about Stonewood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Stonewood, WV 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.