Mount Hope vs Oak Hill

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

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

Oak Hill has the higher population (8,057 vs 1,369 in Mount Hope). Oak Hill has the higher median household income ($51,799 vs $26,983 in Mount Hope). Oak Hill has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $91,900 in Mount Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Hope	Oak Hill
Population	1,369	8,057
Median age	41.1 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$26,983	$51,799
Median home value	$91,900	$110,400
Median gross rent	$545	$826
Housing units	665	3,783
Homeownership rate	51.5%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Hope	Oak Hill
Population	980 → 1,369 (+39.7%)	8,336 → 8,057 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$23,333 → $26,983 (+15.6%)	$39,296 → $51,799 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$67,600 → $91,900 (+35.9%)	$97,200 → $110,400 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$268 → $545 (+103.4%)	$650 → $826 (+27.1%)

Mount Hope

Population

9801,369

Median household income

$23,333$26,983

Median home value

$67,600$91,900

Median gross rent

$268$545

Oak Hill

Population

8,3368,057

Median household income

$39,296$51,799

Median home value

$97,200$110,400

Median gross rent

$650$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Hope	Oak Hill
Under 5	6.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	9.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	16.2%
65 to 74	18.3%	13.8%
75 and over	6.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Hope	Oak Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	90.5%
Black or African American	15.5%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Hope	Oak Hill
No high school diploma	11.7%	13.8%
High school graduate	46.9%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Hope	Oak Hill
Drove alone	76.4%	79.8%
Carpooled	13.4%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	1.6%
Other means	3.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Hope	Oak Hill
1-unit, detached	62.3%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	4.0%
20 or more units	6.2%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Mount Hope	Oak Hill
Poverty rate	26.8%	16.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1951	1973