Carolina vs Rachel

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

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

Carolina has the higher population (188 vs 167 in Rachel). Rachel has the higher median household income ($87,569 vs $19,188 in Carolina). Carolina has the higher median home value ($80,500 vs $80,200 in Rachel).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina	Rachel
Population	188	167
Median age	32.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$19,188	$87,569
Median home value	$80,500	$80,200
Housing units	99	58
Homeownership rate	63.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	28.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina	Rachel
Population	451 → 188 (-58.3%)	289 → 167 (-42.2%)
Median household income	$36,618 → $19,188 (-47.6%)	—
Median home value	$55,000 → $80,500 (+46.4%)	$75,600 → $80,200 (+6.1%)

Carolina

Population

451188

Median household income

$36,618$19,188

Median home value

$55,000$80,500

Rachel

Population

289167

Median home value

$75,600$80,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina	Rachel
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.0%	26.9%
18 to 24	26.6%	19.8%
25 to 34	19.1%	2.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	24.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	1.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	25.5%	13.2%
75 and over	9.0%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina	Rachel
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	100.0%
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	9.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina	Rachel
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	71.9%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	10.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina	Rachel
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina	Rachel
1-unit, detached	89.9%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	29.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carolina	Rachel
Poverty rate	48.9%	3.6%
Average household size	1.90	4.07
Median year structure built	1981	1938