Clarksburg vs Nutter Fort

A side-by-side comparison of Clarksburg and Nutter Fort: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clarksburg has the higher population (15,829 vs 1,890 in Nutter Fort). Nutter Fort has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $46,859 in Clarksburg). Nutter Fort has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $114,600 in Clarksburg).

Population, income & housing

	Clarksburg	Nutter Fort
Population	15,829	1,890
Median age	39.9 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,859	$62,917
Median home value	$114,600	$116,700
Median gross rent	$775	$907
Housing units	8,189	860
Homeownership rate	62.8%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarksburg	Nutter Fort
Population	15,553 → 15,829 (+1.8%)	1,570 → 1,890 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$43,518 → $46,859 (+7.7%)	$49,432 → $62,917 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$86,200 → $114,600 (+32.9%)	$94,900 → $116,700 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $775 (+4.2%)	$887 → $907 (+2.3%)

Clarksburg

Population

15,55315,829

Median household income

$43,518$46,859

Median home value

$86,200$114,600

Median gross rent

$744$775

Nutter Fort

Population

1,5701,890

Median household income

$49,432$62,917

Median home value

$94,900$116,700

Median gross rent

$887$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarksburg	Nutter Fort
Under 5	5.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	22.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.4%
75 and over	6.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarksburg	Nutter Fort
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	93.0%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarksburg	Nutter Fort
No high school diploma	15.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	36.2%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarksburg	Nutter Fort
Drove alone	71.5%	78.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	11.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	8.7%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.7%
Other means	2.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarksburg	Nutter Fort
1-unit, detached	70.0%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Clarksburg	Nutter Fort
Poverty rate	23.2%	9.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1946	1950