Mount Hope vs Smithers

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

Mount Hope and Smithers 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 891 in Smithers). Smithers has the higher median household income ($32,237 vs $26,983 in Mount Hope). Mount Hope has the higher median home value ($91,900 vs $72,800 in Smithers).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Hope	Smithers
Population	1,369	891
Median age	41.1 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$26,983	$32,237
Median home value	$91,900	$72,800
Median gross rent	$545	$496
Housing units	665	436
Homeownership rate	51.5%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Hope	Smithers
Population	980 → 1,369 (+39.7%)	1,104 → 891 (-19.3%)
Median household income	$23,333 → $26,983 (+15.6%)	$31,000 → $32,237 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$67,600 → $91,900 (+35.9%)	$113,400 → $72,800 (-35.8%)
Median gross rent	$268 → $545 (+103.4%)	$577 → $496 (-14.0%)

Mount Hope

Population

9801,369

Median household income

$23,333$26,983

Median home value

$67,600$91,900

Median gross rent

$268$545

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 Hope	Smithers
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	9.0%	8.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	2.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	5.4%
65 to 74	18.3%	28.8%
75 and over	6.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Hope	Smithers
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	79.3%
Black or African American	15.5%	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	0.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Hope	Smithers
No high school diploma	11.7%	13.7%
High school graduate	46.9%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Hope	Smithers
Drove alone	76.4%	35.3%
Carpooled	13.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	45.6%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Hope	Smithers
1-unit, detached	62.3%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	11.5%
20 or more units	6.2%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Mount Hope	Smithers
Poverty rate	26.8%	35.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1951	1946