Mean annual temperature : 50.5 degrees Fahrenheit

• Spring: 49.7 
• Summer: 72.7 
• Autumn: 53 
• Winter: 29.3 

Average annual precipitation: 37 inches

Wheeling City Council/Wheeling City Manager: Council members elected by wards; council appoints an administrative city manager; and the mayor is elected at large. Ohio County Commission: three member board of commissioners.

83 Protestant, 15 Roman Catholic, 1 Jewish, 1 Greek-Orthodox

The Ohio County Public Library has more than 85,000 volumes, plus newspapers, magazines, videos, and audio tapes. Total circulation exceeds 291,945 volumes. The library also has the Internet, CD-Rom data bases and word processing for public access. The collection features historical and genealogical data.

Costs are 23% lower than the national average.

Fox Run Hospital

Ohio Valley Medical Center 
Peterson Geriatric and Rehabilitation Services Hospital 
Reynolds Memorial Hospital 
Wheeling Hospital 
Wheeling Clinic 
Northwood Health Systems 
Belmont Community Hospital 
East Ohio Regional Hospital 
Doctors Urgent Care

County Public Schools

One Senior High School (9-12)
Four Middle Schools 
Ten Elementary Schools 

Parochial Schools

Two Senior High Schools (9-12) 
Eight Elementary Schools 

Private Schools

One preschool -6 
One preschool -4 for boys; preschool -12 for girls 
One 5-12, co-ed

Colleges

Belmont Technical College 
Bethany College 
Ohio University Eastern 
West Liberty State College
West Virginia Business College 
West Virginia Northern Community College 
West Virginia University Graduate Center 
Wheeling Jesuit University

Television Stations:

WTRF-TV (CBS); WTOV-TV (NBC), FOX Ohio Valley. All major networks as well as public and cable stations reach the Upper Ohio Valley market.

Air:

Wheeling-Ohio County Airport: charter service facilities for private and corporate aircraft; Pittsburgh International Airport Midfield Terminal (within an hour's drive, all on four-lane).

Rail:

Freight
CSX System (in West Virginia) 
Passenger
Amtrak Service (within a 90 minute drive in downtown Pittsburgh). 

Public and Private Transit:

Wheeling is serviced by OVRTA and several charter bus companies and taxi firms.

Highway:

Interstates 70 and 470 
Interstate 79 (32 miles east) 
Interstate 77 (50 miles west) 
U.S. Routes 40 and 250 
West Virginia Routes 2 and 88 
Ohio Route 7 (just across the state line)

The area is served by hundreds of motor freight companies. 

Water:

The Ohio River with 12 barge lines and barge services.

More than 20 in the metro area.

Wheeling: $335,815 
Ohio County: $391,123 
Marshall County: $224,469 
Belmont County, OH: $746,740 
Metro area: $1,362,332

6% sales tax 
Affordable property taxes

CRIME RATE:

2nd lowest in the country (FBI Uniform Crime Statistics)