Coal Fork vs Tornado

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

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

Coal Fork has the higher population (1,414 vs 1,101 in Tornado). Tornado has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $64,053 in Coal Fork). Tornado has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $101,900 in Coal Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Fork	Tornado
Population	1,414	1,101
Median age	49.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,053	$81,875
Median home value	$101,900	$156,500
Median gross rent	$1,023	$1,367
Housing units	662	405
Homeownership rate	87.0%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	31.7%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Fork	Tornado
Population	1,157 → 1,414 (+22.2%)	1,187 → 1,101 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$46,188 → $64,053 (+38.7%)	$67,564 → $81,875 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $101,900 (+29.8%)	$128,600 → $156,500 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,023 (-2.9%)	$1,109 → $1,367 (+23.3%)

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

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)

	Coal Fork	Tornado
Under 5	1.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	23.7%
18 to 24	1.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	17.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	4.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	27.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	14.4%	16.2%
75 and over	9.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Fork	Tornado
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	0.6%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Fork	Tornado
No high school diploma	12.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	61.8%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Fork	Tornado
Drove alone	95.7%	95.6%
Carpooled	3.9%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Fork	Tornado
1-unit, detached	76.1%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Coal Fork	Tornado
Poverty rate	8.6%	7.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1962	1979