Boomer vs Hilltop

A side-by-side comparison of Boomer and Hilltop: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hilltop has the higher population (655 vs 488 in Boomer). Hilltop has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $27,875 in Boomer). Boomer has the higher median home value ($92,800 vs $61,900 in Hilltop).

Population, income & housing

	Boomer	Hilltop
Population	488	655
Median age	50.2 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$27,875	$48,750
Median home value	$92,800	$61,900
Median gross rent	$818	—
Housing units	415	236
Homeownership rate	51.6%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boomer	Hilltop
Population	755 → 488 (-35.4%)	808 → 655 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$46,500 → $27,875 (-40.1%)	$71,167 → $48,750 (-31.5%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $92,800 (+10.5%)	$73,800 → $61,900 (-16.1%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $818 (+9.2%)	—

Boomer

Population

755488

Median household income

$46,500$27,875

Median home value

$84,000$92,800

Median gross rent

$749$818

Hilltop

Population

808655

Median household income

$71,167$48,750

Median home value

$73,800$61,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boomer	Hilltop
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	6.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	5.1%	3.2%
35 to 44	27.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	16.4%	29.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.4%
75 and over	24.4%	24.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boomer	Hilltop
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	84.0%
Black or African American	34.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boomer	Hilltop
No high school diploma	7.0%	19.5%
High school graduate	41.9%	53.8%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boomer	Hilltop
Drove alone	57.2%	43.0%
Carpooled	42.8%	21.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	9.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boomer	Hilltop
1-unit, detached	93.7%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Boomer	Hilltop
Poverty rate	26.4%	20.7%
Average household size	1.53	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	36	17
Median year structure built	1945	1949