States · West Virginia · Mercer County

Bluewell, West Virginia.

A community in Mercer County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Mercer County’s.

Living in Bluewell, Mercer County, West Virginia

Bluewell, in Mercer County, had 2,162 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $35,168 a year and half less, against $53,210 across Mercer County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Mercer County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Mercer County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,162 in the 2020 census
Household income $35,168 the median, give or take $4,792 · Mercer County: $53,210
Unemployment 4.3% Mercer County, August 2026; 4.8% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Bluewell for the Census survey to measure.
  • 16%of adults have a degree
  • 18%below the poverty line
  • 2%work from home

What people in Mercer County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care30%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Professional and business services7%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Mercer County had 19,507 jobs in 2025, 1.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 24°; warmest in July, 79° and 62° 20° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J 40° 24° F M A M J J 79° 62° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 24°; warmest in July, 79° and 62° 20° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° J 40° 24° F M A M J J 79° 62° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 62°. About 35 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bluefield Mercer County Airport weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Mercer County

  1. Mercer County SchoolsSchool district1,255FTE
  2. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters365
  3. Southern HighlandsOutpatient mental health centers and clinics333
  4. Concord UniversityUniversity or college309
  5. Con-Weld IndustriesHammer mill machinery, stationary, manufacturing279
  6. King's Tire ServiceAutomotive tire dealers248
  7. Bluefield State UniversityUniversity or college229
  8. CMSFabricated structural metal manufacturing162

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 47 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,243 people in all across the county; Bluewell has one of its own. School districts come 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

  1. Cold wavesRelatively high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. Winter weatherRelatively high
  4. LightningRelatively high
  5. LandslidesRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bluewell’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 Mercer County.