Junior vs Philippi

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

Junior 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 329 in Junior). Philippi has the higher median household income ($43,203 vs $29,063 in Junior). Philippi has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $49,700 in Junior).

Population, income & housing

	Junior	Philippi
Population	329	2,919
Median age	33.4 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$29,063	$43,203
Median home value	$49,700	$110,900
Median gross rent	$636	$780
Housing units	160	1,352
Homeownership rate	59.1%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.5%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	21.1%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Junior	Philippi
Population	361 → 329 (-8.9%)	3,366 → 2,919 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$28,214 → $29,063 (+3.0%)	$30,966 → $43,203 (+39.5%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $49,700 (-17.2%)	$101,600 → $110,900 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $636 (+16.7%)	$552 → $780 (+41.3%)

Junior

Population

361329

Median household income

$28,214$29,063

Median home value

$60,000$49,700

Median gross rent

$545$636

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)

	Junior	Philippi
Under 5	8.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	22.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	19.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	8.6%
45 to 54	5.8%	8.3%
55 to 64	19.8%	8.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	12.7%
75 and over	5.2%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Junior	Philippi
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	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	14.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Junior	Philippi
No high school diploma	20.9%	12.5%
High school graduate	65.0%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.5%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Junior	Philippi
Drove alone	72.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	13.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	14.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Junior	Philippi
1-unit, detached	75.0%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Junior	Philippi
Poverty rate	39.2%	29.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1953	1959