Berwind vs Northfork

A side-by-side comparison of Berwind and Northfork: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northfork has the higher population (271 vs 228 in Berwind). Northfork has the higher median household income ($47,143 vs $28,966 in Berwind). Since 2019, Northfork's population has grown faster (-14.8% vs -40.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Berwind	Northfork
Population	228	271
Median age	60.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,966	$47,143
Median home value	—	$35,800
Housing units	99	196
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	58.7%	29.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwind	Northfork
Population	384 → 228 (-40.6%)	318 → 271 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$26,146 → $28,966 (+10.8%)	$24,219 → $47,143 (+94.7%)
Median home value	$48,800 → $41,600 (-14.8%)	$32,900 → $35,800 (+8.8%)

Berwind

Population

384228

Median household income

$26,146$28,966

Median home value

$48,800$41,600

Northfork

Population

318271

Median household income

$24,219$47,143

Median home value

$32,900$35,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwind	Northfork
Under 5	13.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.2%
18 to 24	3.9%	2.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	23.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	20.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.7%
75 and over	24.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwind	Northfork
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	55.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	44.3%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwind	Northfork
No high school diploma	48.7%	7.5%
High school graduate	41.3%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwind	Northfork
Drove alone	100.0%	52.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	25.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	22.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwind	Northfork
1-unit, detached	69.7%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Berwind	Northfork
Poverty rate	21.9%	52.0%
Average household size	2.85	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1945	1938