New Cumberland vs Newell

A side-by-side comparison of New Cumberland and Newell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newell has the higher population (1,252 vs 949 in New Cumberland). New Cumberland has the higher median household income ($39,412 vs $38,924 in Newell). New Cumberland has the higher median home value ($88,600 vs $86,700 in Newell).

Population, income & housing

	New Cumberland	Newell
Population	949	1,252
Median age	48.5 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,412	$38,924
Median home value	$88,600	$86,700
Median gross rent	$672	$823
Housing units	549	575
Homeownership rate	57.3%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	19.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Cumberland	Newell
Population	1,079 → 949 (-12.0%)	1,284 → 1,252 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$34,306 → $39,412 (+14.9%)	$20,887 → $38,924 (+86.4%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $88,600 (+9.4%)	$46,500 → $86,700 (+86.5%)
Median gross rent	$446 → $672 (+50.7%)	$625 → $823 (+31.7%)

New Cumberland

Population

1,079949

Median household income

$34,306$39,412

Median home value

$81,000$88,600

Median gross rent

$446$672

Newell

Population

1,2841,252

Median household income

$20,887$38,924

Median home value

$46,500$86,700

Median gross rent

$625$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Cumberland	Newell
Under 5	4.2%	8.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	2.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	18.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	16.0%	6.0%
75 and over	12.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Cumberland	Newell
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Cumberland	Newell
No high school diploma	19.6%	33.1%
High school graduate	43.8%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Cumberland	Newell
Drove alone	66.1%	63.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	19.4%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	8.6%
Other means	14.3%	8.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Cumberland	Newell
1-unit, detached	58.1%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	New Cumberland	Newell
Poverty rate	26.7%	36.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1957	1956