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Charleston, WV
West Virginia · Kanawha County · Charleston Metro
Charleston is a mid-size city in West Virginia with a population of 47,918. Residents earn $64,512 per year, which is 14% below the national average.
3.6
/5.0
B+
Good
47,918
Population
1,526/sq mi density
$64,512
Median Income
$45,967 per capita
$187,300
Home Value
$158,399 Zillow
$898
Median Rent
26.8% income on rent
56°F
Avg Temperature
293 sunny days/yr
1,227
Violent Crime/100K
6,561 property/100K
B+
Overall
3.6 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B+
Economy
3.7 / 5.0
$64,512 median income, 3.7% unemployment
A+
Affordability
5.0 / 5.0
$187,300 home value, $898/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
1,227 violent crimes/100K (223% above avg)
A+
Education
4.5 / 5.0
44.1% bachelor's degree or higher
Explore Near Charleston
UFO Sightings
19
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
1
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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Mines
1
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
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UFO Sightings Near Charleston, WV
19 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Charleston, WV.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charleston, WV | 2014 | 5 orange lights observed moving S to N before independently disappearing |
| Charleston, WV | 2014 | I could not see the craft just Two pale yellow sets of triangle lights on the bottem not a air plane not a helicopter moved to slow and |
| Charleston, WV | 2013 | Lights appeared in a triangular shape. |
| Charleston, WV | 2013 | Bright Amber light in the sky. |
| Charleston, WV | 2013 | 2 bright lights seen flying over Charleston, WV. |
| Charleston, WV | 2013 | Blue Triangle over WV. |
| Charleston, WV | 2013 | Solid triangular lights or light on the underbody |
| Charleston, WV | 2012 | Strange Set of 2 Lights In The Sky Located Off Campbells Creek Drive, Charleston WV |
| Charleston, WV | 2012 | Bright light entering cloud with major lightning activity and disappearing. |
| Charleston, WV | 2011 | Very bright circular object hovering over the town of Charleston, WV on Xmas night! ((NUFORC Note: Star or planet?? PD)) |
| Charleston, WV | 2011 | V shaped, silent fast moving orb formation. |
| Charleston, WV | 2010 | Craft moving gracefully but with unusual speed, and very quiet, shining multi-colored lights wildly. |
| Charleston (west of i-77), WV | 2009 | Large craft spotted west of I-77 |
| Charleston, WV | 2008 | statinary object,strange plasma lights that moved slowly from left to right, not airplane, maybe satelite |
| Charleston, WV | 2005 | blueish and white orb |
| Charleston, WV | 2002 | it had a transparent covering with 4 lights inside it that glowed 1 bright at a time , but all were visible. |
| Charleston, WV | 1998 | A bright green fireball flew across the sky. It was about the size of the full moon and looked much brighter. |
| Charleston, WV | 1998 | Me and my friends were playing some football in our yard and |
| Charleston, WV | 1997 | 3 bright,orange objects with comet-like tails, movingtoward earth, then toward each other, thenhorizontally, east to s.west |