Barboursville vs Salt Rock

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

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

Barboursville has the higher population (4,394 vs 161 in Salt Rock). Barboursville has the higher median household income ($59,531 vs $23,411 in Salt Rock). Since 2019, Barboursville's population has grown faster (+3.0% vs -3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Barboursville	Salt Rock
Population	4,394	161
Median age	35.4 yrs	59.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,531	$23,411
Median home value	$212,000	—
Median gross rent	$916	—
Housing units	1,810	91
Homeownership rate	66.5%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barboursville	Salt Rock
Population	4,268 → 4,394 (+3.0%)	166 → 161 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$48,846 → $59,531 (+21.9%)	$43,260 → $23,411 (-45.9%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $212,000 (+18.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$789 → $916 (+16.1%)	—

Barboursville

Population

4,2684,394

Median household income

$48,846$59,531

Median home value

$179,500$212,000

Median gross rent

$789$916

Salt Rock

Population

166161

Median household income

$43,260$23,411

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barboursville	Salt Rock
Under 5	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	23.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	65.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.1%
75 and over	8.9%	26.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barboursville	Salt Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barboursville	Salt Rock
No high school diploma	9.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barboursville	Salt Rock
Drove alone	76.0%	—
Carpooled	1.7%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	6.5%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	15.9%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barboursville	Salt Rock
1-unit, detached	55.8%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	30.8%

Poverty & households

	Barboursville	Salt Rock
Poverty rate	11.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.16	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1977	—