Harts vs West Hamlin

A side-by-side comparison of Harts and West Hamlin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Hamlin has the higher population (640 vs 578 in Harts). Harts has the higher median household income ($37,644 vs $35,263 in West Hamlin). Since 2019, Harts's population has grown faster (+45.2% vs -3.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Harts	West Hamlin
Population	578	640
Median age	56.3 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,644	$35,263
Median home value	—	$125,000
Median gross rent	—	$467
Housing units	213	362
Homeownership rate	100.0%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harts	West Hamlin
Population	398 → 578 (+45.2%)	664 → 640 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$28,281 → $37,644 (+33.1%)	$30,650 → $35,263 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$35,600 → $36,100 (+1.4%)	$113,600 → $125,000 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$409 → $467 (+14.2%)

Harts

Population

398578

Median household income

$28,281$37,644

Median home value

$35,600$36,100

West Hamlin

Population

664640

Median household income

$30,650$35,263

Median home value

$113,600$125,000

Median gross rent

$409$467

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harts	West Hamlin
Under 5	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	7.4%	9.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	17.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	1.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	30.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	17.8%	20.9%
75 and over	4.3%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harts	West Hamlin
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.0%
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	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harts	West Hamlin
No high school diploma	4.1%	20.8%
High school graduate	43.9%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harts	West Hamlin
Drove alone	88.2%	62.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	38.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harts	West Hamlin
1-unit, detached	46.9%	41.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	53.1%	30.4%

Poverty & households

	Harts	West Hamlin
Poverty rate	38.9%	23.1%
Average household size	3.25	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1979	1983