The population of Hancock county is estimated at 29,621. In 2017 there were 261 births and 420 deaths in Hancock county. Hancock county has 5,267 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,471 that are owned free and clear and 3,559 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Hancock County filed 14,230 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.9% of all West Virginia filings and 0.010% of the entire nation. Hancock had a combined total federal tax liability of $101,626,000 on earned income of $686,666,000. Other notable statistics from Hancock County were 990 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,781,000 and 1,370 charitable contributions valued at $5,022,000. 1,640 filings from Hancock County paid a combined total of $2,348,000 in property taxes and 1,390 filings paid $6,980,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Hancock county had 59 religious congregations with an estimated 16,630 members.
17.9% of the Hancock population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 43% of Hancock County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 651 votes.
At $44,623 the median income is 103.2% of the West Virginia average. An estimated 773 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Hancock, the equivalant of around 6.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Hancock County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,689	Manufacturing
1,251	Health care and social assistance
1,000	Retail trade
487	Professional, scientific, and technical services
392	Food and beverage stores
384	Grocery stores
356	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
319	Transportation and warehousing
303	Ambulatory health care services
290	Finance and insurance
225	Credit intermediation and related activities
215	Depository credit intermediation
198	Other services (except public administration)
186	Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
159	Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 6.63% in Hancock County.

In 2018 9.64% of listings in Hancock County.

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