Brush Fork vs Montcalm

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

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

Brush Fork has the higher population (1,213 vs 541 in Montcalm). Brush Fork has the higher median home value ($59,200 vs $39,600 in Montcalm). Since 2019, Montcalm's population has grown faster (+20.8% vs -0.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Brush Fork	Montcalm
Population	1,213	541
Median age	40.8 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,364	—
Median home value	$59,200	$39,600
Housing units	523	248
Homeownership rate	93.5%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brush Fork	Montcalm
Population	1,214 → 1,213 (-0.1%)	448 → 541 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$31,780 → $51,364 (+61.6%)	$28,214 → $34,143 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$60,400 → $59,200 (-2.0%)	$51,900 → $39,600 (-23.7%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $781 (+7.1%)	—

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

Montcalm

Population

448541

Median household income

$28,214$34,143

Median home value

$51,900$39,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brush Fork	Montcalm
Under 5	0.8%	2.0%
5 to 17	26.3%	26.2%
18 to 24	13.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	3.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.4%	9.6%
45 to 54	15.9%	16.8%
55 to 64	10.5%	29.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	0.0%
75 and over	7.7%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brush Fork	Montcalm
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.8%
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	0.0%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brush Fork	Montcalm
No high school diploma	13.6%	29.6%
High school graduate	39.3%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brush Fork	Montcalm
Drove alone	95.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brush Fork	Montcalm
1-unit, detached	50.1%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.9%	32.3%

Poverty & households

	Brush Fork	Montcalm
Poverty rate	20.4%	16.1%
Average household size	2.82	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1979	1966