Who is the Upshur County Assessor?

Dustin Zickefoose (Republican) is the Assessor of Upshur County, West Virginia.

Who is the Upshur County Circuit Clerk?

Brian Gaudet (Republican) is the Circuit Clerk of Upshur County, West Virginia.

Who is the Upshur County County Clerk?

Carol Smith (Republican) is the County Clerk of Upshur County, West Virginia.

Who is the Upshur County Prosecuting Attorney?

Bryan Hinkle (Republican) is the Prosecuting Attorney of Upshur County, West Virginia.

Who is the Upshur County Sheriff?

John Coffman is the Sheriff of Upshur County, West Virginia.

Who is the Upshur County County Surveyor?

Dale Bennett (Republican) is the County Surveyor of Upshur County, West Virginia.

Who are the Upshur County commissioners?

Samuel Nolte (County Commissioner); Kristie Tenney (County Commissioner); Douglas Bush (County Commissioner).

Who is on the Upshur County School Board?

Susan King (Board of Education Member); William Parker (Board of Education Member).

What is the population of Upshur County?

About 23,712 people, with a median age of 42.3; the median household income is $54,338 and 19.2% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Upshur County?

3.7% in September 2026 (preliminary): 379 people unemployed in a labor force of 10,293, against 4.6% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Upshur County?

11 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 1 municipal, 1 school district and 8 special district governments.

Upshur County, WV elected officials: the county commission, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Upshur County: 11 seats on 8 elected bodies.

County Commission

Upshur County Commission

Every member is elected countywide.

Office	Who holds it now
County Commissioner	Samuel Nolte Republican source
County Commissioner	Kristie Tenney Republican source
County Commissioner	Douglas Bush Republican source

County officers

Office	Who holds it now
Assessor	Dustin Zickefoose Republican source
Circuit Clerk	Brian Gaudet Republican source
County Clerk	Carol Smith Republican source
Prosecuting Attorney	Bryan Hinkle Republican source
Sheriff	John Coffman source
County Surveyor	Dale Bennett Republican source

School Board

Upshur County Board of Education

Every member is elected countywide.

Office	Who holds it now
Board of Education Member	Susan King source
Board of Education Member	William Parker source

How many local governments Upshur County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 11 local governments in Upshur County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships	1	0
School districts (school boards)	1	1
Special districts (elected boards)	8	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Upshur County

23,712people

42.3median ageU.S.: 38.9

$54,338 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

19.2%below the U.S.: 12.5%

18.2%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$170,800median home valueU.S.: $332,700

5.7%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

0.9%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

7.5%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

6.3%U.S.: 8.4%

46.1%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

30.7%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 1.5% · White 91.8% · Black 1.2% · Asian 0.4% · Other or more than one race 5.2% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Upshur County

3.7%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 4.6%. West Virginia: 3.5%.

379people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

9,914people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

10,293in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	3.7%	379	9,914	10,293
August 2026	4.4%	447	9,759	10,206
July 2026	4.4%	452	9,789	10,241
June 2026	4.9%	509	9,850	10,359
May 2026	3.8%	392	9,960	10,352
April 2026	4.3%	445	9,879	10,324
March 2026	4.8%	489	9,726	10,215
February 2026	6.2%	646	9,781	10,427
January 2026	5.8%	598	9,656	10,254
December 2025	5.3%	545	9,774	10,319
November 2025	5.1%	538	9,934	10,472
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	4.6%	482	10,063	10,545
August 2025	4.9%	514	9,962	10,476
July 2025	5.1%	518	9,730	10,248
June 2025	4.9%	509	9,932	10,441
May 2025	4.0%	411	9,888	10,299
April 2025	4.1%	430	10,049	10,479
March 2025	4.9%	512	9,868	10,380
February 2025	5.4%	562	9,912	10,474
January 2025	5.3%	552	9,775	10,327
December 2024	4.0%	416	9,899	10,315
November 2024	3.7%	388	10,148	10,536
October 2024	3.8%	403	10,293	10,696

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	4.9%	507	9,899	10,406
2024	4.7%	492	10,085	10,577
2023	4.2%	447	10,091	10,538
2022	4.4%	458	9,937	10,395
2021	5.8%	590	9,626	10,216
2020	8.8%	894	9,286	10,180
2019	5.5%	566	9,816	10,382
2018	5.1%	521	9,761	10,282
2017	5.6%	574	9,656	10,230
2016	6.8%	733	10,012	10,745

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. West Virginia's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 4.0% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Upshur County

63.5 per 100,0002025. West Virginia: 241.7.

190.5 per 100,0002025. West Virginia: 1,053.3.

0murders2025, 15 violent crimes in all.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2025	15	63.5	45	190.5
2024	21	89.3	62	263.6
2023	10	42.2	79	333.4
2022	6	25.2	90	378.4
2021	5	20.6	70	288.2
2020	13	53.8	96	397.4
2019	13	53.4	146	600.2
2018	17	69.6	220	900.5
2017	9	36.6	333	1,355.4
2016	15	60.7	294	1,189.8

By police agency (2)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Upshur County Sheriff's Office	2025	8	3	18,605
Buckhannon Police Department	2025	7	42	5,017

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in West Virginia · the U.S.

Police staffing

1.06 per 1,000 residents2025, 2 agencies serving 23,622 people.

25sworn officers2025, full-time, as of October 31.

3civilian staff2025, full-time.

Agencies counted (2), 2025

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Upshur County Sheriff's Office	13	2	18,605
Buckhannon Police Department	12	1	5,017

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2025	25	1.06	3	2
2024	23	0.98	3	2
2023	24	1.01	3	2
2022	24	1.01	3	2
2021	22	0.91	3	2
2020	23	0.95	4	2
2019	23	0.95	3	2
2018	23	0.94	3	2
2017	22	0.90	3	2
2016	22	0.89	3	2

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Upshur County Assessor?: Dustin Zickefoose (Republican) is the Assessor of Upshur County, West Virginia.
Who is the Upshur County Circuit Clerk?: Brian Gaudet (Republican) is the Circuit Clerk of Upshur County, West Virginia.
Who is the Upshur County County Clerk?: Carol Smith (Republican) is the County Clerk of Upshur County, West Virginia.
Who is the Upshur County Prosecuting Attorney?: Bryan Hinkle (Republican) is the Prosecuting Attorney of Upshur County, West Virginia.
Who is the Upshur County Sheriff?: John Coffman is the Sheriff of Upshur County, West Virginia.
Who is the Upshur County County Surveyor?: Dale Bennett (Republican) is the County Surveyor of Upshur County, West Virginia.
Who are the Upshur County commissioners?: Samuel Nolte (County Commissioner); Kristie Tenney (County Commissioner); Douglas Bush (County Commissioner).
Who is on the Upshur County School Board?: Susan King (Board of Education Member); William Parker (Board of Education Member).
What is the population of Upshur County?: About 23,712 people, with a median age of 42.3; the median household income is $54,338 and 19.2% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Upshur County?: 3.7% in September 2026 (preliminary): 379 people unemployed in a labor force of 10,293, against 4.6% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Upshur County?: 11 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 1 municipal, 1 school district and 8 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the West Virginia Secretary of State's County Elected Official Directory (2025) and the official results of the 2020, 2022 and 2024 elections (for terms and party); officials appointed or changed since the directory was updated may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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