Boomer vs Mount Carbon

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

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

Mount Carbon has the higher population (519 vs 488 in Boomer). Mount Carbon has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $92,800 in Boomer). Since 2019, Mount Carbon's population has grown faster (+33.4% vs -35.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Boomer	Mount Carbon
Population	488	519
Median age	50.2 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$27,875	—
Median home value	$92,800	$275,000
Median gross rent	$818	—
Housing units	415	190
Homeownership rate	51.6%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boomer	Mount Carbon
Population	755 → 488 (-35.4%)	389 → 519 (+33.4%)
Median household income	$46,500 → $27,875 (-40.1%)	—
Median home value	$84,000 → $92,800 (+10.5%)	$140,300 → $275,000 (+96.0%)
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

Mount Carbon

Population

389519

Median home value

$140,300$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boomer	Mount Carbon
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	19.5%
25 to 34	5.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	27.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.4%	19.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.1%
75 and over	24.4%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boomer	Mount Carbon
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	98.1%
Black or African American	34.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boomer	Mount Carbon
No high school diploma	7.0%	21.1%
High school graduate	41.9%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	2.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boomer	Mount Carbon
Drove alone	57.2%	78.3%
Carpooled	42.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boomer	Mount Carbon
1-unit, detached	93.7%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boomer	Mount Carbon
Poverty rate	26.4%	0.0%
Average household size	1.53	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	36	—
Median year structure built	1945	1979