WV area data
Mount Olive, WV
Mount Olive, WV.
Population: 729 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 322.2 (-1.4% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Low)
- 89.5 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 15.4¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $13.80/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- lightning, landslide, winterWeather
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 50.0°F
- Average high
- 62.0°F
- Average low
- 39.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 46.0 in
- Annual snowfall
- 36.8 in
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 3
- Nearest national park
- Gauley River National Recreation Area (12 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Fayette Airport (3 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Raleigh County Memorial Airport (BKW) (18 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 14
- Avg hospital rating
- 2.0 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 8
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.0 kWh/m²/day)
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 7,685
- Average weekly wage
- $882
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Arts & Entertainment
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 19
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