Clendenin vs Tornado

A side-by-side comparison of Clendenin and Tornado: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tornado has the higher population (1,101 vs 994 in Clendenin). Tornado has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $49,423 in Clendenin). Tornado has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $81,700 in Clendenin).

Population, income & housing

	Clendenin	Tornado
Population	994	1,101
Median age	30.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,423	$81,875
Median home value	$81,700	$156,500
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,367
Housing units	384	405
Homeownership rate	70.2%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clendenin	Tornado
Population	1,101 → 994 (-9.7%)	1,187 → 1,101 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $49,423 (+17.4%)	$67,564 → $81,875 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $81,700 (+23.2%)	$128,600 → $156,500 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $1,063 (+32.0%)	$1,109 → $1,367 (+23.3%)

Clendenin

Population

1,101994

Median household income

$42,083$49,423

Median home value

$66,300$81,700

Median gross rent

$805$1,063

Tornado

Population

1,1871,101

Median household income

$67,564$81,875

Median home value

$128,600$156,500

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clendenin	Tornado
Under 5	18.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	23.7%
18 to 24	13.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	6.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	7.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	16.2%
75 and over	3.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clendenin	Tornado
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clendenin	Tornado
No high school diploma	9.1%	11.6%
High school graduate	45.6%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clendenin	Tornado
Drove alone	63.8%	95.6%
Carpooled	17.7%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clendenin	Tornado
1-unit, detached	93.8%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Clendenin	Tornado
Poverty rate	4.4%	7.5%
Average household size	3.37	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1949	1979