Chesapeake vs Pinch

A side-by-side comparison of Chesapeake and Pinch: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pinch has the higher population (3,893 vs 1,615 in Chesapeake). Pinch has the higher median household income ($72,406 vs $60,526 in Chesapeake). Pinch has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $83,100 in Chesapeake).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake	Pinch
Population	1,615	3,893
Median age	41.2 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,526	$72,406
Median home value	$83,100	$198,400
Median gross rent	$979	$865
Housing units	774	1,414
Homeownership rate	74.5%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake	Pinch
Population	1,915 → 1,615 (-15.7%)	2,746 → 3,893 (+41.8%)
Median household income	$38,550 → $60,526 (+57.0%)	$74,926 → $72,406 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $83,100 (+33.0%)	$167,300 → $198,400 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $979 (+37.7%)	$1,038 → $865 (-16.7%)

Chesapeake

Population

1,9151,615

Median household income

$38,550$60,526

Median home value

$62,500$83,100

Median gross rent

$711$979

Pinch

Population

2,7463,893

Median household income

$74,926$72,406

Median home value

$167,300$198,400

Median gross rent

$1,038$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesapeake	Pinch
Under 5	8.4%	9.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	1.9%
25 to 34	15.0%	4.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	7.7%
45 to 54	16.4%	14.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	18.5%
75 and over	7.4%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake	Pinch
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	95.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake	Pinch
No high school diploma	14.4%	2.3%
High school graduate	47.9%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake	Pinch
Drove alone	82.2%	67.1%
Carpooled	11.2%	12.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	20.3%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake	Pinch
1-unit, detached	67.4%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake	Pinch
Poverty rate	18.5%	4.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1961	1980