Dupont City vs Handley

A side-by-side comparison of Dupont City and Handley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dupont City has the higher population (455 vs 413 in Handley). Handley has the higher median household income ($72,750 vs $39,286 in Dupont City). Dupont City has the higher median home value ($133,600 vs $51,300 in Handley).

Population, income & housing

	Dupont City	Handley
Population	455	413
Median age	48.5 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,286	$72,750
Median home value	$133,600	$51,300
Housing units	290	156
Homeownership rate	54.4%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dupont City	Handley
Population	491 → 455 (-7.3%)	189 → 413 (+118.5%)
Median household income	$44,183 → $39,286 (-11.1%)	$33,269 → $72,750 (+118.7%)
Median home value	$117,600 → $133,600 (+13.6%)	$44,000 → $51,300 (+16.6%)

Dupont City

Population

491455

Median household income

$44,183$39,286

Median home value

$117,600$133,600

Handley

Population

189413

Median household income

$33,269$72,750

Median home value

$44,000$51,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dupont City	Handley
Under 5	0.0%	20.6%
5 to 17	4.0%	4.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	13.3%
25 to 34	35.8%	2.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.7%
45 to 54	23.3%	19.9%
55 to 64	4.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.8%	15.0%
75 and over	13.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dupont City	Handley
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dupont City	Handley
No high school diploma	2.2%	27.6%
High school graduate	36.6%	63.0%
Some college or associate's	45.8%	5.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dupont City	Handley
Drove alone	100.0%	95.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dupont City	Handley
1-unit, detached	92.1%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Dupont City	Handley
Poverty rate	21.5%	7.0%
Average household size	1.67	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1954	1968