Dunbar vs Nitro

A side-by-side comparison of Dunbar and Nitro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dunbar has the higher population (7,340 vs 6,941 in Nitro). Dunbar has the higher median household income ($54,647 vs $52,247 in Nitro). Dunbar has the higher median home value ($121,100 vs $120,400 in Nitro).

Population, income & housing

	Dunbar	Nitro
Population	7,340	6,941
Median age	43.0 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,647	$52,247
Median home value	$121,100	$120,400
Median gross rent	$904	$916
Housing units	4,096	3,499
Homeownership rate	58.1%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunbar	Nitro
Population	7,333 → 7,340 (+0.1%)	5,997 → 6,941 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$44,009 → $54,647 (+24.2%)	$41,076 → $52,247 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $121,100 (+23.1%)	$97,900 → $120,400 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $904 (+5.6%)	$739 → $916 (+24.0%)

Dunbar

Population

7,3337,340

Median household income

$44,009$54,647

Median home value

$98,400$121,100

Median gross rent

$856$904

Nitro

Population

5,9976,941

Median household income

$41,076$52,247

Median home value

$97,900$120,400

Median gross rent

$739$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunbar	Nitro
Under 5	3.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	18.6%
18 to 24	11.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.8%
75 and over	12.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunbar	Nitro
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	91.2%
Black or African American	12.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunbar	Nitro
No high school diploma	6.3%	11.2%
High school graduate	32.2%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunbar	Nitro
Drove alone	85.3%	90.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.7%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunbar	Nitro
1-unit, detached	74.3%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	6.9%
20 or more units	7.8%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Dunbar	Nitro
Poverty rate	18.3%	21.6%
Average household size	2.00	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1956	1958