Belington vs Junior

A side-by-side comparison of Belington and Junior: population, income, housing, and more.

Belington and Junior are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belington has the higher population (1,843 vs 329 in Junior). Belington has the higher median household income ($47,361 vs $29,063 in Junior). Belington has the higher median home value ($95,200 vs $49,700 in Junior).

Population, income & housing

	Belington	Junior
Population	1,843	329
Median age	39.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,361	$29,063
Median home value	$95,200	$49,700
Median gross rent	$883	$636
Housing units	776	160
Homeownership rate	74.4%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	0.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	21.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belington	Junior
Population	2,108 → 1,843 (-12.6%)	361 → 329 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$32,356 → $47,361 (+46.4%)	$28,214 → $29,063 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $95,200 (+26.4%)	$60,000 → $49,700 (-17.2%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $883 (+23.0%)	$545 → $636 (+16.7%)

Belington

Population

2,1081,843

Median household income

$32,356$47,361

Median home value

$75,300$95,200

Median gross rent

$718$883

Junior

Population

361329

Median household income

$28,214$29,063

Median home value

$60,000$49,700

Median gross rent

$545$636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belington	Junior
Under 5	3.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	19.5%	22.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	5.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	19.8%
65 to 74	14.6%	7.0%
75 and over	3.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belington	Junior
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	14.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belington	Junior
No high school diploma	15.8%	20.9%
High school graduate	47.7%	65.0%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belington	Junior
Drove alone	77.2%	72.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	0.0%
Other means	6.3%	14.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belington	Junior
1-unit, detached	84.3%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Belington	Junior
Poverty rate	25.2%	39.2%
Average household size	2.75	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1970	1953