Comfort vs Sylvester

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

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

Comfort has the higher population (199 vs 192 in Sylvester). Comfort has the higher median home value ($83,600 vs $79,000 in Sylvester). Since 2019, Comfort's population has grown faster (+29.2% vs -20.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Comfort	Sylvester
Population	199	192
Median age	57.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,156
Median home value	$83,600	$79,000
Housing units	230	101
Homeownership rate	69.1%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comfort	Sylvester
Population	154 → 199 (+29.2%)	240 → 192 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$91,818 → $103,182 (+12.4%)	$45,000 → $70,156 (+55.9%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $83,600 (+10.0%)	$50,000 → $79,000 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$873 → $940 (+7.7%)

Comfort

Population

154199

Median household income

$91,818$103,182

Median home value

$76,000$83,600

Sylvester

Population

240192

Median household income

$45,000$70,156

Median home value

$50,000$79,000

Median gross rent

$873$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comfort	Sylvester
Under 5	7.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	8.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	19.3%
25 to 34	5.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	58.8%	9.4%
65 to 74	5.5%	9.4%
75 and over	10.6%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comfort	Sylvester
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	Sylvester
No high school diploma	30.5%	15.0%
High school graduate	53.3%	59.3%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	1.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comfort	Sylvester
Drove alone	85.7%	71.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comfort	Sylvester
1-unit, detached	57.0%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.0%	19.8%
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	Sylvester
Poverty rate	14.6%	1.6%
Average household size	2.12	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	—	43
Median year structure built	1972	1957