Packsville's Livability
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About Packsville, WV
Packsville, WV is located in Raleigh County in the state of West Virginia.
The total City Population for Packsville is about 1,227 with about 2 people per square mile.
The Average Home Value is $49,500, which is roughly 48% lower than the Average Home Value of $94,810 for the state of West Virginia, and roughly 77% lower than the National Average of $217,072.
The Median Income Per Household is about $36,125, which is roughly 10% lower than the Average Median Income Per Household of $40,347 for the state of West Virginia, and roughly 44% lower higher than the National Average of $65,026.
Quick Stats
Demographic Details
Average # of People Per Household: 2.26Male Population Estimate: 49.4%
Female Population Estimate: 50.6%
Median Age: 42.9
Male Median Age: 42.1
Female Median Age: 44.3
Racial Demographic Estimates
Black:1%
Indian:0.5%
Hawaiian:0.2%
Asian:0.1%
Hispanic:0%
Other:0%
Voting
![Joe Manchin](/assets/images/politicians/senators/joe_manchin.jpg)
![Shelley Moore Capito](/assets/images/politicians/senators/shelley_moore_capito.jpg)
![Jim Justice](/assets/images/politicians/governors/jim_justice.jpg)
Voting Results by Party
Democratic: 24.11%
Libertarian: 1.08%
Green: 0.29%
Crime Details
NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Packsville specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Raleigh County: About 6.75244 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2020)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Raleigh County: About 249.567 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Raleigh County is about 42% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 13% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.
Employment
West Virginia is ranked #33 out of 52 for Best and Worst States to Work in America, with an overall score of 33.11 out of 100.
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Wage Policies
Overall Wage Policy Score: 37.99The average living wage for the state of West Virginia is $30/hr, while the states minimum wage is $8.75/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives West Virginia a minimum wage score of 38.01 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.62/hr, which gives West Virginia a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 9.7 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for West Virginia is $192.50, resulting in a UI benefit score of 40.09 compared to all other states.
Worker Protection Policies
Overall Worker Protection Score: 71.43X West Virginia does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ West Virginia does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X West Virginia does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X West Virginia does restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X West Virginia does provide some form of paid family leave.
X West Virginia does provide some form of paid sick leave.
X West Virginia does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X West Virginia does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X West Virginia does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X West Virginia does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ West Virginia does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ West Virginia does extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X West Virginia does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.
Right To Organize Policies
Overall Right To Organize Score: 70X West Virginia does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ West Virginia does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ West Virginia does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ West Virginia does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
X West Virginia does provide wage negotiations for teachers.
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- Dry Creek, WV ( 7.28 mi. )
- Decota, WV ( 7.41 mi. )
- Orgas, WV ( 7.72 mi. )
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- Carbon, WV ( 8.11 mi. )
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- Seth, WV ( 11.95 mi. )
- Kingston, WV ( 12.26 mi. )
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- Comfort, WV ( 13.18 mi. )
- Dawes, WV ( 13.81 mi. )
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- Standard, WV ( 14.48 mi. )
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- Crany, WV ( 14.64 mi. )
Additional Location Details
Zip Code(s): 25209Latitude: 37.952100
Longitude: -81.528200
TimeZone: Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving: Yes
Region: South
Average Elevation: 2524.0 ft.
Area Code(s): 304, 681