Coal Fork vs Sissonville

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

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

Sissonville has the higher population (2,706 vs 1,414 in Coal Fork). Coal Fork has the higher median household income ($64,053 vs $58,322 in Sissonville). Sissonville has the higher median home value ($166,300 vs $101,900 in Coal Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Fork	Sissonville
Population	1,414	2,706
Median age	49.3 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,053	$58,322
Median home value	$101,900	$166,300
Median gross rent	$1,023	$754
Housing units	662	1,726
Homeownership rate	87.0%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	31.7%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Fork	Sissonville
Population	1,157 → 1,414 (+22.2%)	4,239 → 2,706 (-36.2%)
Median household income	$46,188 → $64,053 (+38.7%)	$43,100 → $58,322 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $101,900 (+29.8%)	$104,700 → $166,300 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,023 (-2.9%)	$725 → $754 (+4.0%)

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

Sissonville

Population

4,2392,706

Median household income

$43,100$58,322

Median home value

$104,700$166,300

Median gross rent

$725$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Fork	Sissonville
Under 5	1.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	1.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	17.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	4.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	27.4%	16.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	16.5%
75 and over	9.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Fork	Sissonville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	97.5%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Fork	Sissonville
No high school diploma	12.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	61.8%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Fork	Sissonville
Drove alone	95.7%	79.4%
Carpooled	3.9%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.4%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Fork	Sissonville
1-unit, detached	76.1%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Coal Fork	Sissonville
Poverty rate	8.6%	19.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1962	1978