Dunbar vs Sissonville

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

Dunbar and Sissonville 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 2,706 in Sissonville). Sissonville has the higher median household income ($58,322 vs $54,647 in Dunbar). Sissonville has the higher median home value ($166,300 vs $121,100 in Dunbar).

Population, income & housing

	Dunbar	Sissonville
Population	7,340	2,706
Median age	43.0 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,647	$58,322
Median home value	$121,100	$166,300
Median gross rent	$904	$754
Housing units	4,096	1,726
Homeownership rate	58.1%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunbar	Sissonville
Population	7,333 → 7,340 (+0.1%)	4,239 → 2,706 (-36.2%)
Median household income	$44,009 → $54,647 (+24.2%)	$43,100 → $58,322 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $121,100 (+23.1%)	$104,700 → $166,300 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $904 (+5.6%)	$725 → $754 (+4.0%)

Dunbar

Population

7,3337,340

Median household income

$44,009$54,647

Median home value

$98,400$121,100

Median gross rent

$856$904

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)

	Dunbar	Sissonville
Under 5	3.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	16.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	8.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	16.5%
75 and over	12.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunbar	Sissonville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	97.5%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunbar	Sissonville
No high school diploma	6.3%	8.6%
High school graduate	32.2%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunbar	Sissonville
Drove alone	85.3%	79.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	11.1%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunbar	Sissonville
1-unit, detached	74.3%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	13.9%
20 or more units	7.8%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Dunbar	Sissonville
Poverty rate	18.3%	19.8%
Average household size	2.00	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1956	1978