Falling Spring vs Rainelle

A side-by-side comparison of Falling Spring and Rainelle: population, income, housing, and more.

Falling Spring and Rainelle are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rainelle has the higher population (1,334 vs 148 in Falling Spring). Falling Spring has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $36,875 in Rainelle). Falling Spring has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $73,500 in Rainelle).

Population, income & housing

	Falling Spring	Rainelle
Population	148	1,334
Median age	59.8 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$36,875
Median home value	$85,000	$73,500
Median gross rent	—	$657
Housing units	123	689
Homeownership rate	90.3%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falling Spring	Rainelle
Population	177 → 148 (-16.4%)	1,250 → 1,334 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $43,750 (+20.7%)	$28,125 → $36,875 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $85,000 (-22.9%)	$59,400 → $73,500 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$535 → $657 (+22.8%)

Falling Spring

Population

177148

Median household income

$36,250$43,750

Median home value

$110,200$85,000

Rainelle

Population

1,2501,334

Median household income

$28,125$36,875

Median home value

$59,400$73,500

Median gross rent

$535$657

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falling Spring	Rainelle
Under 5	2.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	8.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	2.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	5.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	17.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	35.1%	21.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	11.8%
75 and over	15.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falling Spring	Rainelle
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.0%
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%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falling Spring	Rainelle
No high school diploma	14.3%	17.6%
High school graduate	42.9%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falling Spring	Rainelle
Drove alone	77.8%	80.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falling Spring	Rainelle
1-unit, detached	88.6%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Falling Spring	Rainelle
Poverty rate	0.7%	24.6%
Average household size	2.06	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1948	1973