Coal Fork vs Marmet

A side-by-side comparison of Coal Fork and Marmet: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marmet has the higher population (1,520 vs 1,414 in Coal Fork). Coal Fork has the higher median household income ($64,053 vs $47,620 in Marmet). Coal Fork has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $83,100 in Marmet).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Fork	Marmet
Population	1,414	1,520
Median age	49.3 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,053	$47,620
Median home value	$101,900	$83,100
Median gross rent	$1,023	$791
Housing units	662	811
Homeownership rate	87.0%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	31.7%	14.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Fork	Marmet
Population	1,157 → 1,414 (+22.2%)	1,625 → 1,520 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$46,188 → $64,053 (+38.7%)	$39,500 → $47,620 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $101,900 (+29.8%)	$93,900 → $83,100 (-11.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,023 (-2.9%)	$784 → $791 (+0.9%)

Coal Fork

Population

1,1571,414

Median household income

$46,188$64,053

Median home value

$78,500$101,900

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,023

Marmet

Population

1,6251,520

Median household income

$39,500$47,620

Median home value

$93,900$83,100

Median gross rent

$784$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Fork	Marmet
Under 5	1.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	7.4%
18 to 24	1.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	17.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	4.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	27.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	19.9%
65 to 74	14.4%	16.0%
75 and over	9.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Fork	Marmet
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	0.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Fork	Marmet
No high school diploma	12.7%	14.6%
High school graduate	61.8%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Fork	Marmet
Drove alone	95.7%	70.7%
Carpooled	3.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	7.9%
Walked	0.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.4%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Fork	Marmet
1-unit, detached	76.1%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Coal Fork	Marmet
Poverty rate	8.6%	22.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1962	1962