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Wheeling city, West Virginia

People
Population26,350B01003
Population, 2020 census27,052P1
Median age45.4B01002
Under 1818.1%B01001
65 and over25.9%B01001
Households12,614B11001
Foreign born2.1%B05002
Money
Median household income$48,590B19013
Median family income$84,331B19113
Per capita income$36,509B19301
Poverty rate20.5%B17001
Unemployment rate6.5%B23025
Civilian labor force12,344B23025
Mean commute (minutes)19.8B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher34.1%B15003
Housing
Housing units14,569B25001
Owner-occupied59.8%B25003
Renters40.2%B25003
Median home value$146,500B25077
Median gross rent$794B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic88.8%B03002
Black4.5%B03002
Hispanic or Latino1.4%B03002
Asian0.4%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the county: median household income here is 85% of Ohio County's ($57,094); poverty 20.5% against 17.7%.

Map

Wheeling city: 26,350ZIP 26003: 836 nonprofits, $1,878,890,290ZIP 26159: 1 nonprofits

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FURP records in Wheeling, WV

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits837$1,878,890,290 revenue (latest return)THE HEALTH PLAN OF WEST VIRGINIA INC ($772,676,162)
Nonprofit contractors59$189,140,646 paid by nonprofitsFOSTERBRIDGE INC ($58,640,139)
Colleges and schools22,011 enrollmentWest Virginia Northern Community College (1,263)
Form D issuers9$200,625,000 amount soldWESBANCO INC ($200,000,000)
Political committees16JIM ALTMEYER FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
Form 5500 plan sponsors349443 plansOHIO VALLEY HEALTH SERVICES (9)
Open Payments recipients433$3,911,122 industry paymentsJEREMY ABRAHAM SCHREIBER ($1,719,304)
Food recall firms23 recallsZiegenfelder Company, Inc. (2)
Patent and trademark owners87321 patents and marksOgden Publications, Inc. (52)
IPO registrants318 filingsWHEELING PITTSBURGH CORP /DE/ (8)
Federal award recipients1,749$723,841,443 federal awardsNORTHERN PANHANDLE HEAD START, INC ($140,323,457)
State business registrations381SCHMIDT BROTHERS INC

Cross-reference: 837 nonprofits for 26,350 residents is 317.6 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $1,878,890,290 is $71,305 per resident, 306.6% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1Gregory MerrickPhysicianWHEELING HOSPITAL INC$1,479,749202030.5x
2Nicholas BarcellonaTreasurer, Senior VP CFO WVUHSWHEELING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC$1,233,901202425.4x
3Ivan TarkinPhysicianWHEELING HOSPITAL INC$1,208,075202424.9x
4James KelleyPhysicianWHEELING HOSPITAL INC$1,069,041202422.0x
5Jeffrey AbbottPhysicianWHEELING HOSPITAL INC$1,053,385202421.7x
6Devender BatraPhysicianWHEELING HOSPITAL INC$1,027,861202421.2x
7CHANDRA S SWAMYPHYSICIANWHEELING HOSPITAL INC$995,516201820.5x
8Howard ShackelfordPhysicianWHEELING HOSPITAL INC$989,249202320.4x
9Rosemarie HardinPhysicianWHEELING HOSPITAL INC$911,674202318.8x
10Jondavid PollockPhysicianWHEELING HOSPITAL INC$841,203202117.3x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $48,590.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Food recall firms: biggest by recalls

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

IPO registrants: biggest by filings

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0