Pinch vs Sissonville

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

Pinch and Sissonville 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 2,706 in Sissonville). Pinch has the higher median household income ($72,406 vs $58,322 in Sissonville). Pinch has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $166,300 in Sissonville).

Population, income & housing

	Pinch	Sissonville
Population	3,893	2,706
Median age	50.7 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,406	$58,322
Median home value	$198,400	$166,300
Median gross rent	$865	$754
Housing units	1,414	1,726
Homeownership rate	65.4%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinch	Sissonville
Population	2,746 → 3,893 (+41.8%)	4,239 → 2,706 (-36.2%)
Median household income	$74,926 → $72,406 (-3.4%)	$43,100 → $58,322 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$167,300 → $198,400 (+18.6%)	$104,700 → $166,300 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $865 (-16.7%)	$725 → $754 (+4.0%)

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

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)

	Pinch	Sissonville
Under 5	9.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	1.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	4.7%	8.3%
35 to 44	7.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.9%	16.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	8.7%
65 to 74	18.5%	16.5%
75 and over	11.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinch	Sissonville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	4.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinch	Sissonville
No high school diploma	2.3%	8.6%
High school graduate	33.5%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinch	Sissonville
Drove alone	67.1%	79.4%
Carpooled	12.6%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinch	Sissonville
1-unit, detached	73.3%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Pinch	Sissonville
Poverty rate	4.0%	19.8%
Average household size	2.75	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1980	1978