Mabscott, West Virginia.
. Beckley, WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$488 (+111%) 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.
- West Virginia$927
- United States$1,922
Living in Mabscott, Raleigh County, West Virginia
Mabscott is a town of 1,341 people in Raleigh County. Unemployment in Raleigh County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Raleigh County work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Mabscott is a small town in Raleigh County, West Virginia, where neighbors tend to know one another. Winters are cold, with lows well below freezing in January and a good deal of snow across the season, while summers are mild and warm. Rain and melted snow add up to a fair amount over the year. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree here than in many places, and a sizable part of the town lives below the poverty line.
Work. Most residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, restaurants and hotels, and professional and business services. Across Raleigh County, some of the largest workplaces are Raleigh County Schools, Raleigh General Hospital and the Veterans Health Administration. Jobs in the county dipped slightly last year, and unemployment there has eased a little compared with a year ago. Commutes are short, and only a small number of people work from home.
Things to do. The Phillips-Sprague Mine, a museum in or beside town, and Whitestick Creek, a river that runs in or beside town, are the closest places to visit. A short drive away is Little Beaver State Park, a protected area for walking and time outdoors. For a longer day out, New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is a longer drive away and is among the best known protected areas in the region.
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- 553households
- 30%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 17 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Raleigh County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Raleigh County had 32,153 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 58°. About 38 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Beckley Va Hospital weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Raleigh County
- Raleigh County SchoolsSchool district1,537FTE
- Raleigh General HospitalGeneral hospital887FTE
- Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs814
- Beckley ARHGeneral hospital556FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters355
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters314
- West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college238
- Pyramid West Virginia ManagementResort hotels without casinos237
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 50 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,446 people in all across the county; Mabscott has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026) 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
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mabscott’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Raleigh County and the Beckley, WV metro.
Mabscott 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 Mabscott address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Mabscott — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.