Rainelle vs Ronceverte

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

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

Ronceverte has the higher population (1,523 vs 1,334 in Rainelle). Ronceverte has the higher median household income ($43,445 vs $36,875 in Rainelle). Ronceverte has the higher median home value ($117,500 vs $73,500 in Rainelle).

Population, income & housing

	Rainelle	Ronceverte
Population	1,334	1,523
Median age	48.9 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,875	$43,445
Median home value	$73,500	$117,500
Median gross rent	$657	$820
Housing units	689	744
Homeownership rate	66.7%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rainelle	Ronceverte
Population	1,250 → 1,334 (+6.7%)	2,055 → 1,523 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$28,125 → $36,875 (+31.1%)	$46,000 → $43,445 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$59,400 → $73,500 (+23.7%)	$97,600 → $117,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $657 (+22.8%)	$672 → $820 (+22.0%)

Rainelle

Population

1,2501,334

Median household income

$28,125$36,875

Median home value

$59,400$73,500

Median gross rent

$535$657

Ronceverte

Population

2,0551,523

Median household income

$46,000$43,445

Median home value

$97,600$117,500

Median gross rent

$672$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rainelle	Ronceverte
Under 5	3.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.1%
55 to 64	21.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.8%
75 and over	8.2%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rainelle	Ronceverte
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.7%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rainelle	Ronceverte
No high school diploma	17.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	44.6%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rainelle	Ronceverte
Drove alone	80.7%	92.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rainelle	Ronceverte
1-unit, detached	71.1%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	20.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Rainelle	Ronceverte
Poverty rate	24.6%	20.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1973	1957