Bluewell vs Princeton

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

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

Princeton has the higher population (5,780 vs 2,281 in Bluewell). Princeton has the higher median household income ($44,428 vs $35,599 in Bluewell). Bluewell has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $115,800 in Princeton).

Population, income & housing

	Bluewell	Princeton
Population	2,281	5,780
Median age	62.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,599	$44,428
Median home value	$137,800	$115,800
Median gross rent	$874	$830
Housing units	1,295	3,288
Homeownership rate	66.1%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluewell	Princeton
Population	2,593 → 2,281 (-12.0%)	5,831 → 5,780 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$33,462 → $35,599 (+6.4%)	$42,025 → $44,428 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $137,800 (+68.7%)	$93,700 → $115,800 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $874 (+52.5%)	$711 → $830 (+16.7%)

Bluewell

Population

2,5932,281

Median household income

$33,462$35,599

Median home value

$81,700$137,800

Median gross rent

$573$874

Princeton

Population

5,8315,780

Median household income

$42,025$44,428

Median home value

$93,700$115,800

Median gross rent

$711$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluewell	Princeton
Under 5	5.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	8.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	2.0%	17.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	5.0%	17.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.6%
65 to 74	19.9%	12.8%
75 and over	26.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluewell	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluewell	Princeton
No high school diploma	28.5%	9.5%
High school graduate	36.7%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluewell	Princeton
Drove alone	86.7%	77.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluewell	Princeton
1-unit, detached	72.7%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Bluewell	Princeton
Poverty rate	17.3%	21.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1974	1956