Century vs Philippi

A side-by-side comparison of Century and Philippi: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Philippi has the higher population (2,919 vs 107 in Century). Philippi has the higher median household income ($43,203 vs $36,136 in Century). Philippi has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $105,500 in Century).

Population, income & housing

	Century	Philippi
Population	107	2,919
Median age	68.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,136	$43,203
Median home value	$105,500	$110,900
Median gross rent	—	$780
Housing units	86	1,352
Homeownership rate	100.0%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Century	Philippi
Population	106 → 107 (+0.9%)	3,366 → 2,919 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$61,154 → $36,136 (-40.9%)	$30,966 → $43,203 (+39.5%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $105,500 (+25.6%)	$101,600 → $110,900 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$552 → $780 (+41.3%)

Century

Population

106107

Median household income

$61,154$36,136

Median home value

$84,000$105,500

Philippi

Population

3,3662,919

Median household income

$30,966$43,203

Median home value

$101,600$110,900

Median gross rent

$552$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Century	Philippi
Under 5	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	19.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	21.5%	8.5%
65 to 74	69.2%	12.7%
75 and over	9.3%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Century	Philippi
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Century	Philippi
No high school diploma	10.3%	12.5%
High school graduate	38.3%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	51.4%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Century	Philippi
Drove alone	100.0%	79.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Century	Philippi
1-unit, detached	100.0%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Century	Philippi
Poverty rate	0.0%	29.6%
Average household size	1.24	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1952	1959