Idamay vs Monongah

A side-by-side comparison of Idamay and Monongah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Monongah has the higher population (944 vs 635 in Idamay). Idamay has the higher median household income ($97,311 vs $54,412 in Monongah). Idamay has the higher median home value ($114,400 vs $86,400 in Monongah).

Population, income & housing

	Idamay	Monongah
Population	635	944
Median age	63.5 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$97,311	$54,412
Median home value	$114,400	$86,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,000
Housing units	409	495
Homeownership rate	100.0%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Idamay	Monongah
Population	616 → 635 (+3.1%)	1,184 → 944 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$82,125 → $97,311 (+18.5%)	$46,429 → $54,412 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $114,400 (+31.8%)	$67,900 → $86,400 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$770 → $1,000 (+29.9%)

Idamay

Population

616635

Median household income

$82,125$97,311

Median home value

$86,800$114,400

Monongah

Population

1,184944

Median household income

$46,429$54,412

Median home value

$67,900$86,400

Median gross rent

$770$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Idamay	Monongah
Under 5	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	10.6%	9.5%
18 to 24	2.7%	14.7%
25 to 34	3.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	5.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	28.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	26.0%	20.6%
75 and over	13.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Idamay	Monongah
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
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	4.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Idamay	Monongah
No high school diploma	1.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	34.1%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	54.8%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Idamay	Monongah
Drove alone	100.0%	67.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Idamay	Monongah
1-unit, detached	88.5%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Idamay	Monongah
Poverty rate	8.3%	12.7%
Average household size	1.97	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	1938	1938