Monongah vs Rivesville

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

Monongah and Rivesville 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 701 in Rivesville). Rivesville has the higher median household income ($61,678 vs $54,412 in Monongah). Rivesville has the higher median home value ($132,400 vs $86,400 in Monongah).

Population, income & housing

	Monongah	Rivesville
Population	944	701
Median age	46.4 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,412	$61,678
Median home value	$86,400	$132,400
Median gross rent	$1,000	$840
Housing units	495	345
Homeownership rate	73.1%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monongah	Rivesville
Population	1,184 → 944 (-20.3%)	998 → 701 (-29.8%)
Median household income	$46,429 → $54,412 (+17.2%)	$51,346 → $61,678 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $86,400 (+27.2%)	$111,900 → $132,400 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $1,000 (+29.9%)	$738 → $840 (+13.8%)

Monongah

Population

1,184944

Median household income

$46,429$54,412

Median home value

$67,900$86,400

Median gross rent

$770$1,000

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)

	Monongah	Rivesville
Under 5	2.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	9.5%	10.6%
18 to 24	14.7%	14.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	6.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	19.4%
65 to 74	20.6%	13.7%
75 and over	7.4%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monongah	Rivesville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	87.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	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	5.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monongah	Rivesville
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.9%
High school graduate	48.0%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monongah	Rivesville
Drove alone	67.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	16.6%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	4.4%
Other means	2.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monongah	Rivesville
1-unit, detached	86.9%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Monongah	Rivesville
Poverty rate	12.7%	14.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1938	1963