Mount Carbon vs Smithers

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

Mount Carbon 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 519 in Mount Carbon). Mount Carbon has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $72,800 in Smithers). Since 2019, Mount Carbon's population has grown faster (+33.4% vs -19.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Carbon	Smithers
Population	519	891
Median age	52.8 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$32,237
Median home value	$275,000	$72,800
Median gross rent	—	$496
Housing units	190	436
Homeownership rate	78.9%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.2%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Carbon	Smithers
Population	389 → 519 (+33.4%)	1,104 → 891 (-19.3%)
Median household income	—	$31,000 → $32,237 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$140,300 → $275,000 (+96.0%)	$113,400 → $72,800 (-35.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$577 → $496 (-14.0%)

Mount Carbon

Population

389519

Median home value

$140,300$275,000

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)

	Mount Carbon	Smithers
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.8%
18 to 24	19.5%	2.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	19.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	5.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	28.8%
75 and over	17.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Carbon	Smithers
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.7%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Carbon	Smithers
No high school diploma	21.1%	13.7%
High school graduate	41.4%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	2.4%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Carbon	Smithers
Drove alone	78.3%	35.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	45.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Carbon	Smithers
1-unit, detached	94.7%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Mount Carbon	Smithers
Poverty rate	0.0%	35.9%
Average household size	2.73	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	15
Median year structure built	1979	1946