Pinch vs St. Albans

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

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

St. Albans has the higher population (10,637 vs 3,893 in Pinch). Pinch has the higher median household income ($72,406 vs $58,788 in St. Albans). Pinch has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $131,800 in St. Albans).

Population, income & housing

	Pinch	St. Albans
Population	3,893	10,637
Median age	50.7 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,406	$58,788
Median home value	$198,400	$131,800
Median gross rent	$865	$888
Housing units	1,414	5,300
Homeownership rate	65.4%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pinch	St. Albans
Population	2,746 → 3,893 (+41.8%)	10,270 → 10,637 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$74,926 → $72,406 (-3.4%)	$50,755 → $58,788 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$167,300 → $198,400 (+18.6%)	$113,300 → $131,800 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $865 (-16.7%)	$768 → $888 (+15.6%)

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

St. Albans

Population

10,27010,637

Median household income

$50,755$58,788

Median home value

$113,300$131,800

Median gross rent

$768$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pinch	St. Albans
Under 5	9.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	1.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	4.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	7.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.5%
65 to 74	18.5%	15.5%
75 and over	11.3%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pinch	St. Albans
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pinch	St. Albans
No high school diploma	2.3%	7.1%
High school graduate	33.5%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pinch	St. Albans
Drove alone	67.1%	77.2%
Carpooled	12.6%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	20.3%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pinch	St. Albans
1-unit, detached	73.3%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Pinch	St. Albans
Poverty rate	4.0%	13.4%
Average household size	2.75	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1980	1956