Elkview vs Tornado

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

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

Tornado has the higher population (1,101 vs 800 in Elkview). Tornado has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $71,908 in Elkview). Elkview has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $156,500 in Tornado).

Population, income & housing

	Elkview	Tornado
Population	800	1,101
Median age	50.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,908	$81,875
Median home value	$160,600	$156,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,367
Housing units	502	405
Homeownership rate	66.7%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkview	Tornado
Population	1,673 → 800 (-52.2%)	1,187 → 1,101 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$27,140 → $71,908 (+165.0%)	$67,564 → $81,875 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $160,600 (+84.4%)	$128,600 → $156,500 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $669 (+6.5%)	$1,109 → $1,367 (+23.3%)

Elkview

Population

1,673800

Median household income

$27,140$71,908

Median home value

$87,100$160,600

Median gross rent

$628$669

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)

	Elkview	Tornado
Under 5	4.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	5.8%	23.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	16.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	6.6%	16.2%
75 and over	13.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkview	Tornado
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	92.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	5.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkview	Tornado
No high school diploma	2.6%	11.6%
High school graduate	40.1%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkview	Tornado
Drove alone	66.0%	95.6%
Carpooled	22.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkview	Tornado
1-unit, detached	65.1%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Elkview	Tornado
Poverty rate	8.5%	7.5%
Average household size	1.90	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1982	1979