Rand vs Tornado

A side-by-side comparison of Rand and Tornado: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tornado has the higher population (1,101 vs 915 in Rand). Tornado has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $36,964 in Rand). Tornado has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $84,900 in Rand).

Population, income & housing

	Rand	Tornado
Population	915	1,101
Median age	55.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,964	$81,875
Median home value	$84,900	$156,500
Median gross rent	$903	$1,367
Housing units	585	405
Homeownership rate	68.2%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rand	Tornado
Population	1,497 → 915 (-38.9%)	1,187 → 1,101 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$52,279 → $36,964 (-29.3%)	$67,564 → $81,875 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$63,700 → $84,900 (+33.3%)	$128,600 → $156,500 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$878 → $903 (+2.8%)	$1,109 → $1,367 (+23.3%)

Rand

Population

1,497915

Median household income

$52,279$36,964

Median home value

$63,700$84,900

Median gross rent

$878$903

Tornado

Population

1,1871,101

Median household income

$67,564$81,875

Median home value

$128,600$156,500

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rand	Tornado
Under 5	3.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	11.3%	23.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	5.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	22.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	23.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	16.2%	16.2%
75 and over	10.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rand	Tornado
White (non-Hispanic)	57.9%	92.7%
Black or African American	38.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rand	Tornado
No high school diploma	24.6%	11.6%
High school graduate	45.9%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rand	Tornado
Drove alone	92.9%	95.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.3%
Public transit	4.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rand	Tornado
1-unit, detached	61.9%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Rand	Tornado
Poverty rate	23.0%	7.5%
Average household size	1.94	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1962	1979