Hilltop vs Smithers

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

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

Smithers has the higher population (891 vs 655 in Hilltop). Hilltop has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $32,237 in Smithers). Smithers has the higher median home value ($72,800 vs $61,900 in Hilltop).

Population, income & housing

	Hilltop	Smithers
Population	655	891
Median age	50.2 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$32,237
Median home value	$61,900	$72,800
Median gross rent	—	$496
Housing units	236	436
Homeownership rate	82.5%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hilltop	Smithers
Population	808 → 655 (-18.9%)	1,104 → 891 (-19.3%)
Median household income	$71,167 → $48,750 (-31.5%)	$31,000 → $32,237 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $61,900 (-16.1%)	$113,400 → $72,800 (-35.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$577 → $496 (-14.0%)

Hilltop

Population

808655

Median household income

$71,167$48,750

Median home value

$73,800$61,900

Smithers

Population

1,104891

Median household income

$31,000$32,237

Median home value

$113,400$72,800

Median gross rent

$577$496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hilltop	Smithers
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	6.4%	8.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	2.2%
25 to 34	3.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.4%
45 to 54	29.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	5.4%
65 to 74	6.4%	28.8%
75 and over	24.9%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hilltop	Smithers
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.7%
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	1.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hilltop	Smithers
No high school diploma	19.5%	13.7%
High school graduate	53.8%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hilltop	Smithers
Drove alone	43.0%	35.3%
Carpooled	21.3%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.6%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	45.6%
Other means	9.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hilltop	Smithers
1-unit, detached	85.6%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Hilltop	Smithers
Poverty rate	20.7%	35.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	17	15
Median year structure built	1949	1946