Mount Carbon vs Powellton

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

Mount Carbon and Powellton 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 518 in Powellton). Mount Carbon has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $68,300 in Powellton). Since 2019, Mount Carbon's population has grown faster (+33.4% vs -32.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Carbon	Powellton
Population	519	518
Median age	52.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median home value	$275,000	$68,300
Housing units	190	266
Homeownership rate	78.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Carbon	Powellton
Population	389 → 519 (+33.4%)	763 → 518 (-32.1%)
Median household income	—	$50,656 → $42,462 (-16.2%)
Median home value	$140,300 → $275,000 (+96.0%)	$56,500 → $68,300 (+20.9%)

Mount Carbon

Population

389519

Median home value

$140,300$275,000

Powellton

Population

763518

Median household income

$50,656$42,462

Median home value

$56,500$68,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Carbon	Powellton
Under 5	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.1%
18 to 24	19.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	22.4%
45 to 54	19.5%	17.6%
55 to 64	16.6%	3.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	16.4%
75 and over	17.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Carbon	Powellton
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Carbon	Powellton
No high school diploma	21.1%	45.0%
High school graduate	41.4%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	2.4%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Carbon	Powellton
Drove alone	78.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Carbon	Powellton
1-unit, detached	94.7%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Mount Carbon	Powellton
Poverty rate	0.0%	37.8%
Average household size	2.73	2.66
Median year structure built	1979	1964