Barrackville vs Monongah

A side-by-side comparison of Barrackville and Monongah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barrackville has the higher population (1,362 vs 944 in Monongah). Barrackville has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $54,412 in Monongah). Barrackville has the higher median home value ($156,400 vs $86,400 in Monongah).

Population, income & housing

	Barrackville	Monongah
Population	1,362	944
Median age	41.3 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$54,412
Median home value	$156,400	$86,400
Median gross rent	$693	$1,000
Housing units	622	495
Homeownership rate	93.5%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barrackville	Monongah
Population	1,291 → 1,362 (+5.5%)	1,184 → 944 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $81,250 (+34.0%)	$46,429 → $54,412 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$144,500 → $156,400 (+8.2%)	$67,900 → $86,400 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $693 (+3.4%)	$770 → $1,000 (+29.9%)

Barrackville

Population

1,2911,362

Median household income

$60,625$81,250

Median home value

$144,500$156,400

Median gross rent

$670$693

Monongah

Population

1,184944

Median household income

$46,429$54,412

Median home value

$67,900$86,400

Median gross rent

$770$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barrackville	Monongah
Under 5	2.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	24.9%	9.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	14.7%
25 to 34	5.4%	8.7%
35 to 44	19.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.6%	20.6%
75 and over	10.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barrackville	Monongah
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barrackville	Monongah
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.8%
High school graduate	30.3%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barrackville	Monongah
Drove alone	81.9%	67.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barrackville	Monongah
1-unit, detached	88.9%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Barrackville	Monongah
Poverty rate	1.2%	12.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1958	1938