Comfort vs Racine

A side-by-side comparison of Comfort and Racine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Racine has the higher population (451 vs 199 in Comfort). Racine has the higher median home value ($112,700 vs $83,600 in Comfort). Since 2019, Comfort's population has grown faster (+29.2% vs +24.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Comfort	Racine
Population	199	451
Median age	57.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$73,724
Median home value	$83,600	$112,700
Housing units	230	140
Homeownership rate	69.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	46.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comfort	Racine
Population	154 → 199 (+29.2%)	361 → 451 (+24.9%)
Median household income	$91,818 → $103,182 (+12.4%)	$80,417 → $73,724 (-8.3%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $83,600 (+10.0%)	$123,400 → $112,700 (-8.7%)

Comfort

Population

154199

Median household income

$91,818$103,182

Median home value

$76,000$83,600

Racine

Population

361451

Median household income

$80,417$73,724

Median home value

$123,400$112,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comfort	Racine
Under 5	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.5%	6.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	16.2%
25 to 34	5.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	38.8%
55 to 64	58.8%	4.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	4.2%
75 and over	10.6%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comfort	Racine
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comfort	Racine
No high school diploma	30.5%	9.7%
High school graduate	53.3%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comfort	Racine
Drove alone	85.7%	83.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comfort	Racine
1-unit, detached	57.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Comfort	Racine
Poverty rate	14.6%	13.5%
Average household size	2.12	3.99
Median year structure built	1972	1949