New Haven vs Point Pleasant

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

New Haven 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 1,735 in New Haven). New Haven has the higher median household income ($56,500 vs $40,837 in Point Pleasant). Point Pleasant has the higher median home value ($113,900 vs $101,700 in New Haven).

Population, income & housing

	New Haven	Point Pleasant
Population	1,735	4,009
Median age	44.2 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,500	$40,837
Median home value	$101,700	$113,900
Median gross rent	$491	$631
Housing units	819	2,316
Homeownership rate	85.4%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Haven	Point Pleasant
Population	1,644 → 1,735 (+5.5%)	4,146 → 4,009 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$37,731 → $56,500 (+49.7%)	$42,307 → $40,837 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$77,600 → $101,700 (+31.1%)	$79,700 → $113,900 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $491 (-21.4%)	$557 → $631 (+13.3%)

New Haven

Population

1,6441,735

Median household income

$37,731$56,500

Median home value

$77,600$101,700

Median gross rent

$625$491

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)

	New Haven	Point Pleasant
Under 5	6.1%	9.8%
5 to 17	8.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	11.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.5%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.6%
75 and over	9.9%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Haven	Point Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	94.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Haven	Point Pleasant
No high school diploma	11.4%	7.1%
High school graduate	45.3%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Haven	Point Pleasant
Drove alone	89.3%	85.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	4.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Haven	Point Pleasant
1-unit, detached	88.3%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	9.7%
20 or more units	1.7%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Haven	Point Pleasant
Poverty rate	14.0%	25.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1961	1958