Kimball vs Northfork

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

Kimball 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 219 in Kimball). Northfork has the higher median home value ($35,800 vs $30,000 in Kimball). Since 2019, Kimball's population has grown faster (+69.8% vs -14.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Kimball	Northfork
Population	219	271
Median age	63.6 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,143
Median home value	$30,000	$35,800
Median gross rent	$605	—
Housing units	250	196
Homeownership rate	19.1%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	29.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kimball	Northfork
Population	129 → 219 (+69.8%)	318 → 271 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$42,250 → $2,499 (-94.1%)	$24,219 → $47,143 (+94.7%)
Median home value	—	$32,900 → $35,800 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $605 (+8.0%)	—

Kimball

Population

129219

Median household income

$42,250$2,499

Median gross rent

$560$605

Northfork

Population

318271

Median household income

$24,219$47,143

Median home value

$32,900$35,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kimball	Northfork
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	8.7%	12.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	14.2%	23.2%
35 to 44	6.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	48.9%	10.7%
75 and over	0.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kimball	Northfork
White (non-Hispanic)	37.4%	55.7%
Black or African American	59.4%	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	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kimball	Northfork
No high school diploma	1.5%	7.5%
High school graduate	80.5%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kimball	Northfork
Drove alone	60.3%	52.9%
Carpooled	15.9%	25.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	22.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kimball	Northfork
1-unit, detached	39.2%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	38.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Kimball	Northfork
Poverty rate	51.6%	52.0%
Average household size	1.61	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	2002	1938