Moundsville is a somewhat small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 7,724 people and five associated neighborhoods, Moundsville is the 17th largest community in West Virginia. Moundsville has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

Also of interest is that Moundsville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Being a small city, Moundsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In Moundsville, just 12.89% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Moundsville in 2022 was $31,611, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,444 for a family of four. However, Moundsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Moundsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Moundsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Moundsville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Moundsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.