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Hancock County, WV

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2025

Hancock County, West Virginia, a core county of the Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV market, holds $768M in deposits across 4 insured institutions and 7 branches. Hancock County Savings Bank, F.S.B. is the largest deposit holder at 50.1% share. The top three institutions hold 89.0% of deposits, which places the county in the concentrated band. Deposits have grown 13.7% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 2. It produces $989M of output, ranking #1,197 of the 1,523 counties within a CSA or MSA by economic output.

2024 Real GDP
$989M
#1,197 of 1,523
Total Deposits
$768M
#1,053 of 1,523
Population
27,729
#1,187 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$35,654
#1,046 of 1,523
Insured Institutions
4
#1,264 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$110M
#475 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$27,713
#480 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
25.2
#703 of 1,523
Median Institution Size
$149M
Median deposits of the institutions operating in the county. #530 of 1,523. A smaller figure signals a market served mainly by community-scale banks.
Community & Regional Bank Share
89.0%
of market deposits held by banks with $100M to $50B in assets. #334 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Deposit Share: concentrated
89.0%
The combined deposit share of the three largest institutions in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Deposit trend

Total county deposits, 2020 to 2025+13.7% over 5 years
$676M
2020
$734M
2021
$786M
2022
$746M
2023
$750M
2024
$768M
2025

Branches: 9 in 2020 to 7 in 2025. Institutions: 5 to 4. Top-three share: 89.1% to 89.0%.

Leading institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
Hancock County Savings Bank, F.S.B.$385M50.1%3+28%
WesBanco Bank, Inc.$196M25.4%1-6%
United Bank$103M13.4%2+11%
The Huntington National Bank$85M11.0%1+46%

The 4 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, as of June 30, 2025. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2020 and 2025. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. Even so, a large gain can reflect acquisition rather than competitive growth; “no 2020 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year.

Part of the Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville market

Hancock County is one of 13 counties that make up the Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville, PA-OH-WV market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #30 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 0.6% of the market’s output and holds 0.3% of its deposits.

MeasureHancock CountyShare of Pittsburgh-Weirton-Steubenville market
2024 GDP$989M0.6%
Deposits$768M0.3%
Population27,7291.0%

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Recruiting in Hancock County

Deposits are held closely by the largest banks, which often means the bankers worth recruiting are inside a small number of institutions. Who holds the deposits, and how contested the market is, shapes both the runway for growth and the competition you would be recruiting against. We recruit commercial relationship managers, banking teams, and market leaders for banks building in markets like Hancock County, on a retained basis.

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