Shanks is located in West Virginia. Shanks, West Virginia has a population of 509. Shanks is more family-centric than the surrounding county with 20.91% of the households containing married families with children. The county average for households married with children is 20.84%.
The median household income in Shanks, West Virginia is $31,304. The median household income for the surrounding county is $36,575 compared to the national median of $57,652. The median age of people living in Shanks is 47.6 years.
The average high temperature in July is 87.2 degrees, with an average low temperature in January of 19.7 degrees. The average rainfall is approximately 37.6 inches per year, with 28.8 inches of snow per year.