Nutter Fort vs Shinnston

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

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

Shinnston has the higher population (2,198 vs 1,890 in Nutter Fort). Shinnston has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $62,917 in Nutter Fort). Shinnston has the higher median home value ($135,500 vs $116,700 in Nutter Fort).

Population, income & housing

	Nutter Fort	Shinnston
Population	1,890	2,198
Median age	36.0 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$63,750
Median home value	$116,700	$135,500
Median gross rent	$907	$940
Housing units	860	1,046
Homeownership rate	72.9%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nutter Fort	Shinnston
Population	1,570 → 1,890 (+20.4%)	2,265 → 2,198 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$49,432 → $62,917 (+27.3%)	$56,854 → $63,750 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$94,900 → $116,700 (+23.0%)	$109,200 → $135,500 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $907 (+2.3%)	$810 → $940 (+16.0%)

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

Shinnston

Population

2,2652,198

Median household income

$56,854$63,750

Median home value

$109,200$135,500

Median gross rent

$810$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nutter Fort	Shinnston
Under 5	3.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	22.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	21.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.7%
75 and over	7.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nutter Fort	Shinnston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nutter Fort	Shinnston
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	33.7%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nutter Fort	Shinnston
Drove alone	78.4%	76.8%
Carpooled	11.9%	9.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	4.8%
Other means	0.3%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nutter Fort	Shinnston
1-unit, detached	85.3%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Nutter Fort	Shinnston
Poverty rate	9.0%	15.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1950	1955