Big Chimney vs Handley

A side-by-side comparison of Big Chimney and Handley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Big Chimney has the higher population (497 vs 413 in Handley). Handley has the higher median household income ($72,750 vs $72,740 in Big Chimney). Big Chimney has the higher median home value ($216,500 vs $51,300 in Handley).

Population, income & housing

	Big Chimney	Handley
Population	497	413
Median age	54.9 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,740	$72,750
Median home value	$216,500	$51,300
Housing units	315	156
Homeownership rate	84.1%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Chimney	Handley
Population	463 → 497 (+7.3%)	189 → 413 (+118.5%)
Median household income	$44,896 → $72,740 (+62.0%)	$33,269 → $72,750 (+118.7%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $216,500 (+127.2%)	$44,000 → $51,300 (+16.6%)

Big Chimney

Population

463497

Median household income

$44,896$72,740

Median home value

$95,300$216,500

Handley

Population

189413

Median household income

$33,269$72,750

Median home value

$44,000$51,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Chimney	Handley
Under 5	0.0%	20.6%
5 to 17	5.6%	4.6%
18 to 24	10.5%	13.3%
25 to 34	4.8%	2.2%
35 to 44	4.6%	7.7%
45 to 54	25.2%	19.9%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	22.5%	15.0%
75 and over	10.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Chimney	Handley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Chimney	Handley
No high school diploma	6.7%	27.6%
High school graduate	58.0%	63.0%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	5.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Chimney	Handley
Drove alone	74.8%	95.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.2%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Chimney	Handley
1-unit, detached	87.0%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Big Chimney	Handley
Poverty rate	20.9%	7.0%
Average household size	1.93	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1968	1968