Nitro vs Pinch

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

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

Nitro has the higher population (6,941 vs 3,893 in Pinch). Pinch has the higher median household income ($72,406 vs $52,247 in Nitro). Pinch has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $120,400 in Nitro).

Population, income & housing

	Nitro	Pinch
Population	6,941	3,893
Median age	42.1 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,247	$72,406
Median home value	$120,400	$198,400
Median gross rent	$916	$865
Housing units	3,499	1,414
Homeownership rate	70.4%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nitro	Pinch
Population	5,997 → 6,941 (+15.7%)	2,746 → 3,893 (+41.8%)
Median household income	$41,076 → $52,247 (+27.2%)	$74,926 → $72,406 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $120,400 (+23.0%)	$167,300 → $198,400 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $916 (+24.0%)	$1,038 → $865 (-16.7%)

Nitro

Population

5,9976,941

Median household income

$41,076$52,247

Median home value

$97,900$120,400

Median gross rent

$739$916

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)

	Nitro	Pinch
Under 5	6.9%	9.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	1.9%
25 to 34	15.9%	4.7%
35 to 44	8.9%	7.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	16.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	18.5%
75 and over	9.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nitro	Pinch
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	95.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	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	6.7%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nitro	Pinch
No high school diploma	11.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	43.2%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nitro	Pinch
Drove alone	90.0%	67.1%
Carpooled	4.7%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	20.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nitro	Pinch
1-unit, detached	77.7%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	5.2%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Nitro	Pinch
Poverty rate	21.6%	4.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1958	1980