Marmet vs Pinch

A side-by-side comparison of Marmet and Pinch: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pinch has the higher population (3,893 vs 1,520 in Marmet). Pinch has the higher median household income ($72,406 vs $47,620 in Marmet). Pinch has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $83,100 in Marmet).

Population, income & housing

	Marmet	Pinch
Population	1,520	3,893
Median age	53.7 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,620	$72,406
Median home value	$83,100	$198,400
Median gross rent	$791	$865
Housing units	811	1,414
Homeownership rate	64.8%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marmet	Pinch
Population	1,625 → 1,520 (-6.5%)	2,746 → 3,893 (+41.8%)
Median household income	$39,500 → $47,620 (+20.6%)	$74,926 → $72,406 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$93,900 → $83,100 (-11.5%)	$167,300 → $198,400 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $791 (+0.9%)	$1,038 → $865 (-16.7%)

Marmet

Population

1,6251,520

Median household income

$39,500$47,620

Median home value

$93,900$83,100

Median gross rent

$784$791

Pinch

Population

2,7463,893

Median household income

$74,926$72,406

Median home value

$167,300$198,400

Median gross rent

$1,038$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marmet	Pinch
Under 5	3.4%	9.5%
5 to 17	7.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	1.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	4.7%
35 to 44	6.3%	7.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	19.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	16.0%	18.5%
75 and over	12.4%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marmet	Pinch
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	95.2%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
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	4.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marmet	Pinch
No high school diploma	14.6%	2.3%
High school graduate	44.6%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marmet	Pinch
Drove alone	70.7%	67.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	12.6%
Public transit	7.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	20.3%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marmet	Pinch
1-unit, detached	65.7%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Marmet	Pinch
Poverty rate	22.0%	4.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1962	1980