Baxter vs Worthington

A side-by-side comparison of Baxter and Worthington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baxter has the higher population (153 vs 94 in Worthington). Worthington has the higher median household income ($35,625 vs $7,198 in Baxter). Baxter has the higher median home value ($93,500 vs $76,700 in Worthington).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter	Worthington
Population	153	94
Median age	23.5 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$7,198	$35,625
Median home value	$93,500	$76,700
Housing units	51	58
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	100.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter	Worthington
Population	105 → 153 (+45.7%)	194 → 94 (-51.5%)
Median household income	—	$28,819 → $35,625 (+23.6%)
Median home value	—	$100,000 → $76,700 (-23.3%)

Baxter

Population

105153

Worthington

Population

19494

Median household income

$28,819$35,625

Median home value

$100,000$76,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter	Worthington
Under 5	20.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.3%	2.1%
18 to 24	39.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	27.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	23.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.7%
75 and over	7.8%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
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%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter	Worthington
No high school diploma	29.0%	17.6%
High school graduate	71.0%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter	Worthington
Drove alone	—	75.6%
Carpooled	—	24.4%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	0.0%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter	Worthington
1-unit, detached	100.0%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Baxter	Worthington
Poverty rate	87.6%	16.3%
Average household size	3.00	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1938	1943