Marmet vs Tornado

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

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

Marmet has the higher population (1,520 vs 1,101 in Tornado). Tornado has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $47,620 in Marmet). Tornado has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $83,100 in Marmet).

Population, income & housing

	Marmet	Tornado
Population	1,520	1,101
Median age	53.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,620	$81,875
Median home value	$83,100	$156,500
Median gross rent	$791	$1,367
Housing units	811	405
Homeownership rate	64.8%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marmet	Tornado
Population	1,625 → 1,520 (-6.5%)	1,187 → 1,101 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$39,500 → $47,620 (+20.6%)	$67,564 → $81,875 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$93,900 → $83,100 (-11.5%)	$128,600 → $156,500 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $791 (+0.9%)	$1,109 → $1,367 (+23.3%)

Marmet

Population

1,6251,520

Median household income

$39,500$47,620

Median home value

$93,900$83,100

Median gross rent

$784$791

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)

	Marmet	Tornado
Under 5	3.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	7.4%	23.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	6.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	19.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	16.0%	16.2%
75 and over	12.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marmet	Tornado
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	92.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	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	4.2%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marmet	Tornado
No high school diploma	14.6%	11.6%
High school graduate	44.6%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marmet	Tornado
Drove alone	70.7%	95.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	3.3%
Public transit	7.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	1.1%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marmet	Tornado
1-unit, detached	65.7%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Marmet	Tornado
Poverty rate	22.0%	7.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1962	1979