Bidwell, Ohio.
. Point Pleasant, WV-OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Bidwell
Bidwell is in Gallia County, where its property tax is set. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$721 (+127%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
Living in Bidwell, Gallia County, Ohio
Bidwell, in Gallia County, had 863 people in the 2020 census. 89% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 11% are rented. Unemployment in Gallia County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Gallia County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Bidwell is a very small community in Gallia County, Ohio, where nearly everyone lives in a home they own. The population is young for a place its size, with a typical age lower than in many small Ohio communities. Winters are cold and summers warm, and the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops, and transport, warehouses and utilities also employing many. Across Gallia County, the largest workplaces include Holzer, the general hospital, Gallia County Local Schools and Gallipolis City Schools. The typical trip to work is fairly short, and a modest number of people work from home.
Things to do. The Kanawha River is a short drive away, as is Tu-Endie-Wei State Park, a protected area, and Beaver Creek is also close by. Wayne National Forest, a protected area, is a longer drive away for those who want more room to roam.
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- 19 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Gallia County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Gallia County had 11,333 jobs in 2025, 0.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 41° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 66°. About 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Gallipolis weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Gallia County
- HolzerGeneral hospital1,059FTE
- Holzer Clinic GallipolisMds' offices419
- Gallia County Local SchoolsSchool district408FTE
- Circulo Health ServicesHome and community based services provider360
- Gallipolis City SchoolsSchool district355FTE
- University of Rio GrandeUniversity or college340
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters334
- Gavin PowerElectric power generation, fossil fuel222
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 21 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,217 people in all across the county; Bidwell has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bidwell’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Gallia County and the Point Pleasant, WV-OH metro.
Bidwell home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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Zip codes with a Bidwell address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bidwell — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.