Comfort vs Whitesville

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

Comfort and Whitesville 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 168 in Whitesville). Whitesville has the higher median home value ($90,300 vs $83,600 in Comfort). Since 2019, Comfort's population has grown faster (+29.2% vs -55.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Comfort	Whitesville
Population	199	168
Median age	57.2 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$67,500
Median home value	$83,600	$90,300
Median gross rent	—	$654
Housing units	230	214
Homeownership rate	69.1%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comfort	Whitesville
Population	154 → 199 (+29.2%)	377 → 168 (-55.4%)
Median household income	$91,818 → $103,182 (+12.4%)	$20,313 → $67,500 (+232.3%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $83,600 (+10.0%)	$54,100 → $90,300 (+66.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$456 → $654 (+43.4%)

Comfort

Population

154199

Median household income

$91,818$103,182

Median home value

$76,000$83,600

Whitesville

Population

377168

Median household income

$20,313$67,500

Median home value

$54,100$90,300

Median gross rent

$456$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comfort	Whitesville
Under 5	7.5%	8.3%
5 to 17	8.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	5.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	3.5%	22.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	58.8%	19.0%
65 to 74	5.5%	2.4%
75 and over	10.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comfort	Whitesville
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	Whitesville
No high school diploma	30.5%	16.4%
High school graduate	53.3%	63.6%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comfort	Whitesville
Drove alone	85.7%	64.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	19.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comfort	Whitesville
1-unit, detached	57.0%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	27.0%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Comfort	Whitesville
Poverty rate	14.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.12	2.71
Median year structure built	1972	1955