Nitro vs Sissonville

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

Nitro and Sissonville 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 2,706 in Sissonville). Sissonville has the higher median household income ($58,322 vs $52,247 in Nitro). Sissonville has the higher median home value ($166,300 vs $120,400 in Nitro).

Population, income & housing

	Nitro	Sissonville
Population	6,941	2,706
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,247	$58,322
Median home value	$120,400	$166,300
Median gross rent	$916	$754
Housing units	3,499	1,726
Homeownership rate	70.4%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nitro	Sissonville
Population	5,997 → 6,941 (+15.7%)	4,239 → 2,706 (-36.2%)
Median household income	$41,076 → $52,247 (+27.2%)	$43,100 → $58,322 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $120,400 (+23.0%)	$104,700 → $166,300 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $916 (+24.0%)	$725 → $754 (+4.0%)

Nitro

Population

5,9976,941

Median household income

$41,076$52,247

Median home value

$97,900$120,400

Median gross rent

$739$916

Sissonville

Population

4,2392,706

Median household income

$43,100$58,322

Median home value

$104,700$166,300

Median gross rent

$725$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nitro	Sissonville
Under 5	6.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	20.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	16.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	16.5%
75 and over	9.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nitro	Sissonville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	97.5%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nitro	Sissonville
No high school diploma	11.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	43.2%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nitro	Sissonville
Drove alone	90.0%	79.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	4.5%
Other means	1.1%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nitro	Sissonville
1-unit, detached	77.7%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	13.9%
20 or more units	2.5%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Nitro	Sissonville
Poverty rate	21.6%	19.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1958	1978