Beech Bottom vs Hooverson Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Bottom and Hooverson Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hooverson Heights has the higher population (2,156 vs 588 in Beech Bottom). Hooverson Heights has the higher median household income ($58,681 vs $30,000 in Beech Bottom). Hooverson Heights has the higher median home value ($140,700 vs $62,800 in Beech Bottom).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Bottom	Hooverson Heights
Population	588	2,156
Median age	45.0 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$30,000	$58,681
Median home value	$62,800	$140,700
Median gross rent	$795	$706
Housing units	287	1,120
Homeownership rate	79.2%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Bottom	Hooverson Heights
Population	605 → 588 (-2.8%)	2,581 → 2,156 (-16.5%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $30,000 (-43.5%)	$58,281 → $58,681 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $62,800 (+18.5%)	$80,800 → $140,700 (+74.1%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $795 (+4.2%)	$533 → $706 (+32.5%)

Beech Bottom

Population

605588

Median household income

$53,125$30,000

Median home value

$53,000$62,800

Median gross rent

$763$795

Hooverson Heights

Population

2,5812,156

Median household income

$58,281$58,681

Median home value

$80,800$140,700

Median gross rent

$533$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Bottom	Hooverson Heights
Under 5	8.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	10.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	1.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.0%	6.3%
45 to 54	17.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	24.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	17.3%
75 and over	7.5%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Bottom	Hooverson Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Bottom	Hooverson Heights
No high school diploma	8.1%	9.8%
High school graduate	56.2%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Bottom	Hooverson Heights
Drove alone	92.5%	70.2%
Carpooled	6.3%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Bottom	Hooverson Heights
1-unit, detached	59.9%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	30.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Beech Bottom	Hooverson Heights
Poverty rate	40.0%	14.8%
Average household size	2.52	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1943	1970