Despard vs Nutter Fort

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

Despard 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.

Nutter Fort has the higher population (1,890 vs 1,038 in Despard). Nutter Fort has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $33,929 in Despard). Nutter Fort has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $82,100 in Despard).

Population, income & housing

	Despard	Nutter Fort
Population	1,038	1,890
Median age	33.4 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$33,929	$62,917
Median home value	$82,100	$116,700
Median gross rent	$596	$907
Housing units	488	860
Homeownership rate	56.0%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	25.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Despard	Nutter Fort
Population	1,098 → 1,038 (-5.5%)	1,570 → 1,890 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $33,929 (-17.7%)	$49,432 → $62,917 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$52,800 → $82,100 (+55.5%)	$94,900 → $116,700 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $596 (-15.3%)	$887 → $907 (+2.3%)

Despard

Population

1,0981,038

Median household income

$41,250$33,929

Median home value

$52,800$82,100

Median gross rent

$704$596

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)

	Despard	Nutter Fort
Under 5	11.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	10.1%	22.8%
18 to 24	13.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	18.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	6.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	7.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.4%
75 and over	10.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Despard	Nutter Fort
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Despard	Nutter Fort
No high school diploma	13.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	55.6%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Despard	Nutter Fort
Drove alone	69.6%	78.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	20.4%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Despard	Nutter Fort
1-unit, detached	79.1%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	19.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Despard	Nutter Fort
Poverty rate	26.1%	9.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1938	1950