Bluefield vs Brush Fork

A side-by-side comparison of Bluefield and Brush Fork: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bluefield has the higher population (9,511 vs 1,213 in Brush Fork). Brush Fork has the higher median household income ($51,364 vs $43,826 in Bluefield). Bluefield has the higher median home value ($101,000 vs $59,200 in Brush Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Bluefield	Brush Fork
Population	9,511	1,213
Median age	41.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,826	$51,364
Median home value	$101,000	$59,200
Median gross rent	$790	—
Housing units	4,850	523
Homeownership rate	54.6%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluefield	Brush Fork
Population	9,889 → 9,511 (-3.8%)	1,214 → 1,213 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$36,793 → $43,826 (+19.1%)	$31,780 → $51,364 (+61.6%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $101,000 (+20.1%)	$60,400 → $59,200 (-2.0%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $790 (+19.0%)	$729 → $781 (+7.1%)

Bluefield

Population

9,8899,511

Median household income

$36,793$43,826

Median home value

$84,100$101,000

Median gross rent

$664$790

Brush Fork

Population

1,2141,213

Median household income

$31,780$51,364

Median home value

$60,400$59,200

Median gross rent

$729$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluefield	Brush Fork
Under 5	7.3%	0.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	26.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	13.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	3.5%
35 to 44	8.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	16.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	13.6%
75 and over	10.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluefield	Brush Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	15.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluefield	Brush Fork
No high school diploma	12.9%	13.6%
High school graduate	28.7%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluefield	Brush Fork
Drove alone	79.4%	95.4%
Carpooled	8.2%	0.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	2.7%
Other means	2.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluefield	Brush Fork
1-unit, detached	75.2%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	49.9%

Poverty & households

	Bluefield	Brush Fork
Poverty rate	20.1%	20.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1954	1979