Farmington vs Rivesville

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

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

Rivesville has the higher population (701 vs 431 in Farmington). Farmington has the higher median household income ($76,094 vs $61,678 in Rivesville). Rivesville has the higher median home value ($132,400 vs $68,500 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Farmington	Rivesville
Population	431	701
Median age	44.1 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,094	$61,678
Median home value	$68,500	$132,400
Median gross rent	$667	$840
Housing units	165	345
Homeownership rate	81.6%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmington	Rivesville
Population	445 → 431 (-3.1%)	998 → 701 (-29.8%)
Median household income	$40,208 → $76,094 (+89.3%)	$51,346 → $61,678 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$69,300 → $68,500 (-1.2%)	$111,900 → $132,400 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $667 (-1.2%)	$738 → $840 (+13.8%)

Farmington

Population

445431

Median household income

$40,208$76,094

Median home value

$69,300$68,500

Median gross rent

$675$667

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)

	Farmington	Rivesville
Under 5	11.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	11.8%	10.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	14.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.1%
35 to 44	8.6%	8.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	6.1%
55 to 64	19.7%	19.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	13.7%
75 and over	8.1%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmington	Rivesville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	87.9%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	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	0.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmington	Rivesville
No high school diploma	10.5%	7.9%
High school graduate	39.7%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmington	Rivesville
Drove alone	64.2%	78.0%
Carpooled	33.3%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmington	Rivesville
1-unit, detached	91.5%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Farmington	Rivesville
Poverty rate	8.8%	14.4%
Average household size	2.93	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1938	1963