Bluewell vs Brush Fork

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

Bluewell 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.

Bluewell has the higher population (2,281 vs 1,213 in Brush Fork). Brush Fork has the higher median household income ($51,364 vs $35,599 in Bluewell). Bluewell has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $59,200 in Brush Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Bluewell	Brush Fork
Population	2,281	1,213
Median age	62.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,599	$51,364
Median home value	$137,800	$59,200
Median gross rent	$874	—
Housing units	1,295	523
Homeownership rate	66.1%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluewell	Brush Fork
Population	2,593 → 2,281 (-12.0%)	1,214 → 1,213 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$33,462 → $35,599 (+6.4%)	$31,780 → $51,364 (+61.6%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $137,800 (+68.7%)	$60,400 → $59,200 (-2.0%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $874 (+52.5%)	$729 → $781 (+7.1%)

Bluewell

Population

2,5932,281

Median household income

$33,462$35,599

Median home value

$81,700$137,800

Median gross rent

$573$874

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)

	Bluewell	Brush Fork
Under 5	5.4%	0.8%
5 to 17	8.0%	26.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	13.4%
25 to 34	2.0%	3.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	8.4%
45 to 54	5.0%	15.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	19.9%	13.6%
75 and over	26.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluewell	Brush Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	6.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluewell	Brush Fork
No high school diploma	28.5%	13.6%
High school graduate	36.7%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluewell	Brush Fork
Drove alone	86.7%	95.4%
Carpooled	11.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluewell	Brush Fork
1-unit, detached	72.7%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	49.9%

Poverty & households

	Bluewell	Brush Fork
Poverty rate	17.3%	20.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	27	16
Median year structure built	1974	1979