Rainelle vs Rupert

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

Rainelle and Rupert 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 977 in Rupert). Rainelle has the higher median household income ($36,875 vs $31,875 in Rupert). Rupert has the higher median home value ($98,100 vs $73,500 in Rainelle).

Population, income & housing

	Rainelle	Rupert
Population	1,334	977
Median age	48.9 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$36,875	$31,875
Median home value	$73,500	$98,100
Median gross rent	$657	$581
Housing units	689	392
Homeownership rate	66.7%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rainelle	Rupert
Population	1,250 → 1,334 (+6.7%)	998 → 977 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$28,125 → $36,875 (+31.1%)	$34,306 → $31,875 (-7.1%)
Median home value	$59,400 → $73,500 (+23.7%)	$77,800 → $98,100 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $657 (+22.8%)	$535 → $581 (+8.6%)

Rainelle

Population

1,2501,334

Median household income

$28,125$36,875

Median home value

$59,400$73,500

Median gross rent

$535$657

Rupert

Population

998977

Median household income

$34,306$31,875

Median home value

$77,800$98,100

Median gross rent

$535$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rainelle	Rupert
Under 5	3.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	24.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	24.8%
35 to 44	15.3%	6.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	21.3%	8.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.1%
75 and over	8.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rainelle	Rupert
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rainelle	Rupert
No high school diploma	17.6%	18.4%
High school graduate	44.6%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rainelle	Rupert
Drove alone	80.7%	81.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rainelle	Rupert
1-unit, detached	71.1%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	26.8%

Poverty & households

	Rainelle	Rupert
Poverty rate	24.6%	49.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1973	1976