Barrackville vs Rivesville

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

Barrackville and Rivesville 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 701 in Rivesville). Barrackville has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $61,678 in Rivesville). Barrackville has the higher median home value ($156,400 vs $132,400 in Rivesville).

Population, income & housing

	Barrackville	Rivesville
Population	1,362	701
Median age	41.3 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$61,678
Median home value	$156,400	$132,400
Median gross rent	$693	$840
Housing units	622	345
Homeownership rate	93.5%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barrackville	Rivesville
Population	1,291 → 1,362 (+5.5%)	998 → 701 (-29.8%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $81,250 (+34.0%)	$51,346 → $61,678 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$144,500 → $156,400 (+8.2%)	$111,900 → $132,400 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $693 (+3.4%)	$738 → $840 (+13.8%)

Barrackville

Population

1,2911,362

Median household income

$60,625$81,250

Median home value

$144,500$156,400

Median gross rent

$670$693

Rivesville

Population

998701

Median household income

$51,346$61,678

Median home value

$111,900$132,400

Median gross rent

$738$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barrackville	Rivesville
Under 5	2.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	24.9%	10.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	14.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	19.5%	8.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	6.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	19.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	13.7%
75 and over	10.3%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barrackville	Rivesville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barrackville	Rivesville
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.9%
High school graduate	30.3%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barrackville	Rivesville
Drove alone	81.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barrackville	Rivesville
1-unit, detached	88.9%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Barrackville	Rivesville
Poverty rate	1.2%	14.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1958	1963