Pinch vs South Charleston

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

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

South Charleston has the higher population (13,594 vs 3,893 in Pinch). Pinch has the higher median household income ($72,406 vs $59,616 in South Charleston). Pinch has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $144,800 in South Charleston).

Population, income & housing

	Pinch	South Charleston
Population	3,893	13,594
Median age	50.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,406	$59,616
Median home value	$198,400	$144,800
Median gross rent	$865	$857
Housing units	1,414	6,733
Homeownership rate	65.4%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinch	South Charleston
Population	2,746 → 3,893 (+41.8%)	12,475 → 13,594 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$74,926 → $72,406 (-3.4%)	$53,713 → $59,616 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$167,300 → $198,400 (+18.6%)	$130,700 → $144,800 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $865 (-16.7%)	$702 → $857 (+22.1%)

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

South Charleston

Population

12,47513,594

Median household income

$53,713$59,616

Median home value

$130,700$144,800

Median gross rent

$702$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pinch	South Charleston
Under 5	9.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	1.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	4.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	7.7%	16.2%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	18.5%	9.7%
75 and over	11.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinch	South Charleston
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinch	South Charleston
No high school diploma	2.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	33.5%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinch	South Charleston
Drove alone	67.1%	77.7%
Carpooled	12.6%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinch	South Charleston
1-unit, detached	73.3%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Pinch	South Charleston
Poverty rate	4.0%	21.0%
Average household size	2.75	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1980	1958