Flatwoods vs Sutton

A side-by-side comparison of Flatwoods and Sutton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sutton has the higher population (764 vs 404 in Flatwoods). Flatwoods has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $37,400 in Sutton). Flatwoods has the higher median home value ($105,200 vs $83,300 in Sutton).

Population, income & housing

	Flatwoods	Sutton
Population	404	764
Median age	33.7 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$37,400
Median home value	$105,200	$83,300
Median gross rent	$725	$682
Housing units	155	535
Homeownership rate	71.4%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flatwoods	Sutton
Population	261 → 404 (+54.8%)	1,099 → 764 (-30.5%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $48,750 (+14.7%)	$39,722 → $37,400 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $105,200 (+20.9%)	$68,800 → $83,300 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $725 (+14.2%)	$564 → $682 (+20.9%)

Flatwoods

Population

261404

Median household income

$42,500$48,750

Median home value

$87,000$105,200

Median gross rent

$635$725

Sutton

Population

1,099764

Median household income

$39,722$37,400

Median home value

$68,800$83,300

Median gross rent

$564$682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flatwoods	Sutton
Under 5	2.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	24.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.9%	3.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	8.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	16.1%
75 and over	6.9%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flatwoods	Sutton
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.6%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flatwoods	Sutton
No high school diploma	5.5%	15.8%
High school graduate	52.0%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flatwoods	Sutton
Drove alone	77.2%	58.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	11.5%
Other means	10.5%	12.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flatwoods	Sutton
1-unit, detached	63.2%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Flatwoods	Sutton
Poverty rate	19.1%	19.2%
Average household size	3.04	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	30	18
Median year structure built	1958	1953