Northfork vs Raysal

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

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

Raysal has the higher population (299 vs 271 in Northfork). Raysal has the higher median home value ($66,200 vs $35,800 in Northfork). Since 2019, Northfork's population has grown faster (-14.8% vs -28.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Northfork	Raysal
Population	271	299
Median age	43.2 yrs	58.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,143	—
Median home value	$35,800	$66,200
Housing units	196	245
Homeownership rate	80.0%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	29.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northfork	Raysal
Population	318 → 271 (-14.8%)	417 → 299 (-28.3%)
Median household income	$24,219 → $47,143 (+94.7%)	$26,750 → $31,154 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$32,900 → $35,800 (+8.8%)	—

Northfork

Population

318271

Median household income

$24,219$47,143

Median home value

$32,900$35,800

Raysal

Population

417299

Median household income

$26,750$31,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northfork	Raysal
Under 5	6.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	4.7%
18 to 24	2.2%	17.4%
25 to 34	23.2%	3.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	20.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	35.8%
75 and over	7.4%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northfork	Raysal
White (non-Hispanic)	55.7%	96.3%
Black or African American	44.3%	0.0%
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%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northfork	Raysal
No high school diploma	7.5%	11.6%
High school graduate	54.2%	66.2%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northfork	Raysal
1-unit, detached	85.2%	29.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	70.2%

Poverty & households

	Northfork	Raysal
Poverty rate	52.0%	13.7%
Average household size	3.84	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1938	1982