Alum Creek vs Harts

A side-by-side comparison of Alum Creek and Harts: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alum Creek has the higher population (1,472 vs 578 in Harts). Alum Creek has the higher median household income ($72,250 vs $37,644 in Harts). Since 2019, Harts's population has grown faster (+45.2% vs -18.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Alum Creek	Harts
Population	1,472	578
Median age	48.6 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,250	$37,644
Median home value	$158,900	—
Median gross rent	$1,298	—
Housing units	659	213
Homeownership rate	84.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alum Creek	Harts
Population	1,805 → 1,472 (-18.4%)	398 → 578 (+45.2%)
Median household income	$57,857 → $72,250 (+24.9%)	$28,281 → $37,644 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$154,000 → $158,900 (+3.2%)	$35,600 → $36,100 (+1.4%)

Alum Creek

Population

1,8051,472

Median household income

$57,857$72,250

Median home value

$154,000$158,900

Harts

Population

398578

Median household income

$28,281$37,644

Median home value

$35,600$36,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alum Creek	Harts
Under 5	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	7.4%
18 to 24	3.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	17.8%
35 to 44	16.7%	1.2%
45 to 54	19.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	30.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	17.8%
75 and over	13.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alum Creek	Harts
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	100.0%
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	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alum Creek	Harts
No high school diploma	12.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	55.2%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alum Creek	Harts
Drove alone	97.4%	88.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alum Creek	Harts
1-unit, detached	86.2%	46.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	53.1%

Poverty & households

	Alum Creek	Harts
Poverty rate	13.1%	38.9%
Average household size	2.75	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1974	1979