Pinch is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 2,811 people, 1,138 households, and 869 families living in the community.

20.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority or KRT provides bus services north through Pinch to Elkview and Clendenin or South through Pinch to Charleston, and from there to several other places throughout the Kanawha Valley.

It is stocked with rainbow trout and channel catfish It is also home to what is locally known as the Gazebo, a public theater where performances, pageants, and other community events are held.

Every year, on Christmas Eve, a Christmas parade is held where community members will drive along the Main Street of town at dusk, most notably, the Volunteer Fire Department.