Dunbar vs Pinch

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

Dunbar and Pinch 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 3,893 in Pinch). Pinch has the higher median household income ($72,406 vs $54,647 in Dunbar). Pinch has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $121,100 in Dunbar).

Population, income & housing

	Dunbar	Pinch
Population	7,340	3,893
Median age	43.0 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,647	$72,406
Median home value	$121,100	$198,400
Median gross rent	$904	$865
Housing units	4,096	1,414
Homeownership rate	58.1%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunbar	Pinch
Population	7,333 → 7,340 (+0.1%)	2,746 → 3,893 (+41.8%)
Median household income	$44,009 → $54,647 (+24.2%)	$74,926 → $72,406 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $121,100 (+23.1%)	$167,300 → $198,400 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $904 (+5.6%)	$1,038 → $865 (-16.7%)

Dunbar

Population

7,3337,340

Median household income

$44,009$54,647

Median home value

$98,400$121,100

Median gross rent

$856$904

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)

	Dunbar	Pinch
Under 5	3.9%	9.5%
5 to 17	13.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	1.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	4.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	7.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	18.5%
75 and over	12.2%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunbar	Pinch
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	95.2%
Black or African American	12.2%	0.0%
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%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunbar	Pinch
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.3%
High school graduate	32.2%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunbar	Pinch
Drove alone	85.3%	67.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	12.6%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	20.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunbar	Pinch
1-unit, detached	74.3%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	5.2%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Dunbar	Pinch
Poverty rate	18.3%	4.0%
Average household size	2.00	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1956	1980