Carolina vs Farmington

A side-by-side comparison of Carolina and Farmington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Farmington has the higher population (431 vs 188 in Carolina). Farmington has the higher median household income ($76,094 vs $19,188 in Carolina). Carolina has the higher median home value ($80,500 vs $68,500 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina	Farmington
Population	188	431
Median age	32.8 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$19,188	$76,094
Median home value	$80,500	$68,500
Median gross rent	—	$667
Housing units	99	165
Homeownership rate	63.6%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina	Farmington
Population	451 → 188 (-58.3%)	445 → 431 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$36,618 → $19,188 (-47.6%)	$40,208 → $76,094 (+89.3%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $80,500 (+46.4%)	$69,300 → $68,500 (-1.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $667 (-1.2%)

Carolina

Population

451188

Median household income

$36,618$19,188

Median home value

$55,000$80,500

Farmington

Population

445431

Median household income

$40,208$76,094

Median home value

$69,300$68,500

Median gross rent

$675$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina	Farmington
Under 5	0.0%	11.1%
5 to 17	9.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	26.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	19.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	19.7%
65 to 74	25.5%	8.8%
75 and over	9.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
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	9.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina	Farmington
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.5%
High school graduate	30.6%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina	Farmington
Drove alone	100.0%	64.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	33.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina	Farmington
1-unit, detached	89.9%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Carolina	Farmington
Poverty rate	48.9%	8.8%
Average household size	1.90	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1981	1938