Institute vs Jefferson

A side-by-side comparison of Institute and Jefferson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Institute has the higher population (690 vs 653 in Jefferson). Institute has the higher median home value ($93,000 vs $76,900 in Jefferson). Since 2019, Institute's population has grown faster (+57.2% vs +3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Institute	Jefferson
Population	690	653
Median age	23.0 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,625	—
Median home value	$93,000	$76,900
Median gross rent	$988	$621
Housing units	249	314
Homeownership rate	77.6%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Institute	Jefferson
Population	439 → 690 (+57.2%)	630 → 653 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$44,485 → $47,625 (+7.1%)	$19,201 → $38,533 (+100.7%)
Median home value	$156,000 → $93,000 (-40.4%)	$131,600 → $76,900 (-41.6%)
Median gross rent	$951 → $988 (+3.9%)	$771 → $621 (-19.5%)

Institute

Population

439690

Median household income

$44,485$47,625

Median home value

$156,000$93,000

Median gross rent

$951$988

Jefferson

Population

630653

Median household income

$19,201$38,533

Median home value

$131,600$76,900

Median gross rent

$771$621

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Institute	Jefferson
Under 5	8.1%	20.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	1.7%
18 to 24	35.1%	19.8%
25 to 34	1.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	5.9%	5.4%
45 to 54	4.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	4.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	16.8%	9.0%
75 and over	9.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Institute	Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	44.9%	76.4%
Black or African American	47.7%	22.7%
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	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Institute	Jefferson
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.4%
High school graduate	41.4%	59.2%
Some college or associate's	13.1%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Institute	Jefferson
Drove alone	46.1%	77.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	17.7%
Public transit	28.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.7%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.0%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Institute	Jefferson
1-unit, detached	48.2%	40.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	46.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.2%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Institute	Jefferson
Poverty rate	7.5%	57.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1976	1966