Oak Hill vs Smithers

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

Oak Hill and Smithers 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 891 in Smithers). Oak Hill has the higher median household income ($51,799 vs $32,237 in Smithers). Oak Hill has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $72,800 in Smithers).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Hill	Smithers
Population	8,057	891
Median age	41.5 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,799	$32,237
Median home value	$110,400	$72,800
Median gross rent	$826	$496
Housing units	3,783	436
Homeownership rate	72.7%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Hill	Smithers
Population	8,336 → 8,057 (-3.3%)	1,104 → 891 (-19.3%)
Median household income	$39,296 → $51,799 (+31.8%)	$31,000 → $32,237 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $110,400 (+13.6%)	$113,400 → $72,800 (-35.8%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $826 (+27.1%)	$577 → $496 (-14.0%)

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

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)

	Oak Hill	Smithers
Under 5	5.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	8.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	2.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	16.2%	5.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	28.8%
75 and over	6.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Hill	Smithers
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	79.3%
Black or African American	7.1%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Hill	Smithers
No high school diploma	13.8%	13.7%
High school graduate	46.6%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Hill	Smithers
Drove alone	79.8%	35.3%
Carpooled	11.8%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	45.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Hill	Smithers
1-unit, detached	77.7%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	2.7%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Oak Hill	Smithers
Poverty rate	16.5%	35.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1973	1946