Hartford City vs Point Pleasant

A side-by-side comparison of Hartford City and Point Pleasant: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Point Pleasant has the higher population (4,009 vs 529 in Hartford City). Hartford City has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $40,837 in Point Pleasant). Point Pleasant has the higher median home value ($113,900 vs $66,300 in Hartford City).

Population, income & housing

	Hartford City	Point Pleasant
Population	529	4,009
Median age	46.5 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$40,837
Median home value	$66,300	$113,900
Median gross rent	$750	$631
Housing units	225	2,316
Homeownership rate	77.7%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartford City	Point Pleasant
Population	660 → 529 (-19.8%)	4,146 → 4,009 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$44,659 → $54,063 (+21.1%)	$42,307 → $40,837 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $66,300 (-10.8%)	$79,700 → $113,900 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $750 (+15.7%)	$557 → $631 (+13.3%)

Hartford City

Population

660529

Median household income

$44,659$54,063

Median home value

$74,300$66,300

Median gross rent

$648$750

Point Pleasant

Population

4,1464,009

Median household income

$42,307$40,837

Median home value

$79,700$113,900

Median gross rent

$557$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartford City	Point Pleasant
Under 5	2.6%	9.8%
5 to 17	22.9%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	8.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	25.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.6%
75 and over	8.7%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartford City	Point Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartford City	Point Pleasant
No high school diploma	23.3%	7.1%
High school graduate	52.9%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartford City	Point Pleasant
Drove alone	98.1%	85.6%
Carpooled	1.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartford City	Point Pleasant
1-unit, detached	49.8%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hartford City	Point Pleasant
Poverty rate	16.1%	25.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1978	1958