Barboursville vs Huntington

A side-by-side comparison of Barboursville and Huntington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huntington has the higher population (46,189 vs 4,394 in Barboursville). Barboursville has the higher median household income ($59,531 vs $43,146 in Huntington). Barboursville has the higher median home value ($212,000 vs $118,800 in Huntington).

Population, income & housing

	Barboursville	Huntington
Population	4,394	46,189
Median age	35.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,531	$43,146
Median home value	$212,000	$118,800
Median gross rent	$916	$863
Housing units	1,810	24,153
Homeownership rate	66.5%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barboursville	Huntington
Population	4,268 → 4,394 (+3.0%)	46,667 → 46,189 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$48,846 → $59,531 (+21.9%)	$31,162 → $43,146 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $212,000 (+18.1%)	$98,200 → $118,800 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $916 (+16.1%)	$712 → $863 (+21.2%)

Barboursville

Population

4,2684,394

Median household income

$48,846$59,531

Median home value

$179,500$212,000

Median gross rent

$789$916

Huntington

Population

46,66746,189

Median household income

$31,162$43,146

Median home value

$98,200$118,800

Median gross rent

$712$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barboursville	Huntington
Under 5	5.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	19.9%
25 to 34	23.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.3%
75 and over	8.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barboursville	Huntington
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	84.5%
Black or African American	4.0%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barboursville	Huntington
No high school diploma	9.2%	10.8%
High school graduate	30.3%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barboursville	Huntington
Drove alone	76.0%	71.9%
Carpooled	1.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	6.5%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barboursville	Huntington
1-unit, detached	55.8%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	13.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Barboursville	Huntington
Poverty rate	11.7%	27.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1977	1954