Coal Fork vs Pinch

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

Coal Fork 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 1,414 in Coal Fork). Pinch has the higher median household income ($72,406 vs $64,053 in Coal Fork). Pinch has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $101,900 in Coal Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Fork	Pinch
Population	1,414	3,893
Median age	49.3 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,053	$72,406
Median home value	$101,900	$198,400
Median gross rent	$1,023	$865
Housing units	662	1,414
Homeownership rate	87.0%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	31.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Fork	Pinch
Population	1,157 → 1,414 (+22.2%)	2,746 → 3,893 (+41.8%)
Median household income	$46,188 → $64,053 (+38.7%)	$74,926 → $72,406 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $101,900 (+29.8%)	$167,300 → $198,400 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,023 (-2.9%)	$1,038 → $865 (-16.7%)

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

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)

	Coal Fork	Pinch
Under 5	1.0%	9.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	1.1%	1.9%
25 to 34	17.2%	4.7%
35 to 44	4.5%	7.7%
45 to 54	27.4%	14.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	14.4%	18.5%
75 and over	9.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Fork	Pinch
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Fork	Pinch
No high school diploma	12.7%	2.3%
High school graduate	61.8%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Fork	Pinch
Drove alone	95.7%	67.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	20.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Fork	Pinch
1-unit, detached	76.1%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Coal Fork	Pinch
Poverty rate	8.6%	4.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1962	1980