Wheeling, WV: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The county seat of Ohio County, it lies along the Ohio River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains within the state's northern panhandle. It is the fifth-most populous city in West Virginia and the most populous city in the northern panhandle with a population of 27,062 at the 2020 census. The Wheeling metropolitan area had 139,513 residents in 2020. Wheeling was settled in 1769 on land contested between the Province of Pennsylvania and Colony of Virginia, and later grew to become Virginia's largest city west of the Appalachian Mountains. During the American Civil War, it was the host of the Wheelin…

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How Wheeling ranks

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#1Highest graduation rate in WV #16Best schools in WV #18Most educated in WV All WV rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code26003

Area code304

Living in Wheeling

Housing in Wheeling

$153K▲ 4.6% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Wheeling home is worth about $153,000, up 4.6% in a year, 15% below the West Virginia typical home.

A balanced market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market34

Sale-to-list93.6%

Sold in May16

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Safety in Wheeling

D

Safety Grade D

Wheeling reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 92% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000

Wheeling 8.2

West Virginia 2.7

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Wheeling 16.2

West Virginia 10.9

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Wheeling

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School Grade A+

The public schools Wheeling’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 95% of West Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#16Best public schoolsof 61 in WV

DistrictOhio County SchoolsSchools18

Woodsdale Elementary School AElementary · Grades PK–5 · 405 students Warwood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 304 students Elm Grove Elementary School A-Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 299 students Ritchie Elementary School A+Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 289 students Steenrod Elementary School AElementary · Grades PK–5 · 256 students Madison Elementary School B-Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 231 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within WV. Ratings are from neighbors.