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Cross Lanes, West Virginia.

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

Living in Cross Lanes, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Cross Lanes, in Kanawha County, had 9,727 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $63,537 a year and half less, against $60,943 across Kanawha County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Kanawha County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 9,727 in the 2020 census; median age 44.3
Household income $63,537 the median, give or take $4,112 · Kanawha County: $60,943
Unemployment 4.0% Kanawha County, August 2026; 4.4% a year before
Homes 74% lived in by their owners; 26% rented
  • 4,653households
  • 32%of adults have a degree
  • 5%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 10%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care30%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Government8%
  • Manufacturing8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Kanawha County had 95,946 jobs in 2025, 1.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 42° and 23°; warmest in July, 86° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 42° 23° F M A M J J 86° 65° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 42° and 23°; warmest in July, 86° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 42° 23° F M A M J J 86° 65° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 42° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 65°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Saint Albans weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Kanawha County

  1. Charleston Area Medical CenterGeneral hospital6,949FTE
  2. CAMC Memorial DivisionGeneral medical and surgical hospitals3,890
  3. Kanawha County SchoolsSchool district3,592FTE
  4. Thomas Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital760FTE
  5. GestampJob stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing650
  6. Niterra North AmericaCoils, ignition, internal combustion engines, manufacturing525
  7. Charleston WV PDCMail and parcel delivery483
  8. University of CharlestonUniversity or college436

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 157 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 23,318 people in all across the county; Cross Lanes has two 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

  1. Inland floodingRelatively high
  2. Lightningrelatively high in parts of Cross LanesRelatively moderate
  3. Strong windRelatively moderate
  4. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  5. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

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