Huntington vs Pea Ridge

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

Huntington and Pea Ridge 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 7,188 in Pea Ridge). Pea Ridge has the higher median household income ($67,708 vs $43,146 in Huntington). Pea Ridge has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $118,800 in Huntington).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington	Pea Ridge
Population	46,189	7,188
Median age	34.9 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,146	$67,708
Median home value	$118,800	$186,900
Median gross rent	$863	$953
Housing units	24,153	3,583
Homeownership rate	52.5%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington	Pea Ridge
Population	46,667 → 46,189 (-1.0%)	6,632 → 7,188 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$31,162 → $43,146 (+38.5%)	$47,893 → $67,708 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$98,200 → $118,800 (+21.0%)	$154,800 → $186,900 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $863 (+21.2%)	$825 → $953 (+15.5%)

Huntington

Population

46,66746,189

Median household income

$31,162$43,146

Median home value

$98,200$118,800

Median gross rent

$712$863

Pea Ridge

Population

6,6327,188

Median household income

$47,893$67,708

Median home value

$154,800$186,900

Median gross rent

$825$953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntington	Pea Ridge
Under 5	5.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	19.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	18.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	14.2%
75 and over	7.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington	Pea Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	89.5%
Black or African American	6.2%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington	Pea Ridge
No high school diploma	10.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	25.4%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington	Pea Ridge
Drove alone	71.9%	84.8%
Carpooled	11.1%	8.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	4.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington	Pea Ridge
1-unit, detached	65.1%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	18.3%
20 or more units	7.7%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Huntington	Pea Ridge
Poverty rate	27.4%	11.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1954	1976