Pea Ridge, West Virginia.
A community in Cabell County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Cabell County’s.
Living in Pea Ridge, Cabell County, West Virginia
Pea Ridge, in Cabell County, had 6,602 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $65,811 a year and half less, against $55,832 across Cabell County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 65% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 35% are rented. Unemployment in Cabell County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
- 3,423households
- 48%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Cabell County had 51,765 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 44° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 67°. About 10 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Pea Ridge Psd weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Cabell County
- St. Marys Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,765FTE
- Cabell Huntington HospitalGeneral hospital2,556FTE
- Marshall UniversityUniversity or college2,035
- Cabell County SchoolsSchool district1,769FTE
- Choice Care At HomeActivity centers for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities719
- Special MetalsBar, nonferrous metals, made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants705
- Steel of West VirginiaSteel manufacturing610
- Alcon ResearchSurgical supplies manufacturing570
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 97 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 20,371 people in all across the county; Pea Ridge has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (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
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Pea Ridge’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 Cabell County.