Handley vs Pratt

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

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

Handley has the higher population (413 vs 406 in Pratt). Handley has the higher median household income ($72,750 vs $61,042 in Pratt). Pratt has the higher median home value ($128,700 vs $51,300 in Handley).

Population, income & housing

	Handley	Pratt
Population	413	406
Median age	46.1 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,750	$61,042
Median home value	$51,300	$128,700
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	156	176
Homeownership rate	93.8%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Handley	Pratt
Population	189 → 413 (+118.5%)	380 → 406 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$33,269 → $72,750 (+118.7%)	$58,333 → $61,042 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$44,000 → $51,300 (+16.6%)	$125,700 → $128,700 (+2.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$742 → $775 (+4.4%)

Handley

Population

189413

Median household income

$33,269$72,750

Median home value

$44,000$51,300

Pratt

Population

380406

Median household income

$58,333$61,042

Median home value

$125,700$128,700

Median gross rent

$742$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Handley	Pratt
Under 5	20.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	4.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	13.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	2.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	7.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	19.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.4%
65 to 74	15.0%	15.0%
75 and over	3.9%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Handley	Pratt
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	95.8%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.7%
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%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Handley	Pratt
No high school diploma	27.6%	0.4%
High school graduate	63.0%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	5.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Handley	Pratt
Drove alone	95.0%	92.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Handley	Pratt
1-unit, detached	93.6%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Handley	Pratt
Poverty rate	7.0%	26.5%
Average household size	3.20	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1968	1967