Mount Carbon vs Mount Hope

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

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

Mount Hope has the higher population (1,369 vs 519 in Mount Carbon). Mount Carbon has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $91,900 in Mount Hope). Since 2019, Mount Hope's population has grown faster (+39.7% vs +33.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Carbon	Mount Hope
Population	519	1,369
Median age	52.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$26,983
Median home value	$275,000	$91,900
Median gross rent	—	$545
Housing units	190	665
Homeownership rate	78.9%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Carbon	Mount Hope
Population	389 → 519 (+33.4%)	980 → 1,369 (+39.7%)
Median household income	—	$23,333 → $26,983 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$140,300 → $275,000 (+96.0%)	$67,600 → $91,900 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$268 → $545 (+103.4%)

Mount Carbon

Population

389519

Median home value

$140,300$275,000

Mount Hope

Population

9801,369

Median household income

$23,333$26,983

Median home value

$67,600$91,900

Median gross rent

$268$545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Carbon	Mount Hope
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	9.0%
18 to 24	19.5%	10.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	19.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	16.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	18.3%
75 and over	17.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Carbon	Mount Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Carbon	Mount Hope
No high school diploma	21.1%	11.7%
High school graduate	41.4%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	2.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Carbon	Mount Hope
Drove alone	78.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Carbon	Mount Hope
1-unit, detached	94.7%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Mount Carbon	Mount Hope
Poverty rate	0.0%	26.8%
Average household size	2.73	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1979	1951