Shinnston vs Stonewood

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

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

Stonewood has the higher population (2,273 vs 2,198 in Shinnston). Shinnston has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $44,967 in Stonewood). Stonewood has the higher median home value ($149,400 vs $135,500 in Shinnston).

Population, income & housing

	Shinnston	Stonewood
Population	2,198	2,273
Median age	43.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$44,967
Median home value	$135,500	$149,400
Median gross rent	$940	$929
Housing units	1,046	988
Homeownership rate	75.7%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shinnston	Stonewood
Population	2,265 → 2,198 (-3.0%)	1,978 → 2,273 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$56,854 → $63,750 (+12.1%)	$45,717 → $44,967 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $135,500 (+24.1%)	$102,100 → $149,400 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $940 (+16.0%)	$959 → $929 (-3.1%)

Shinnston

Population

2,2652,198

Median household income

$56,854$63,750

Median home value

$109,200$135,500

Median gross rent

$810$940

Stonewood

Population

1,9782,273

Median household income

$45,717$44,967

Median home value

$102,100$149,400

Median gross rent

$959$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shinnston	Stonewood
Under 5	3.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	23.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	21.0%	15.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	9.7%
55 to 64	8.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	9.3%
75 and over	8.9%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shinnston	Stonewood
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shinnston	Stonewood
No high school diploma	5.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	33.5%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shinnston	Stonewood
Drove alone	76.8%	89.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.8%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.3%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shinnston	Stonewood
1-unit, detached	76.9%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Shinnston	Stonewood
Poverty rate	15.2%	8.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1955	1959