Brush Fork vs Oakvale

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

Brush Fork and Oakvale 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 232 in Oakvale). Since 2019, Oakvale's population has grown faster (+280.3% vs -0.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Brush Fork	Oakvale
Population	1,213	232
Median age	40.8 yrs	11.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,364	—
Median home value	$59,200	—
Housing units	523	78
Homeownership rate	93.5%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brush Fork	Oakvale
Population	1,214 → 1,213 (-0.1%)	61 → 232 (+280.3%)
Median household income	$31,780 → $51,364 (+61.6%)	$21,354 → $24,241 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$60,400 → $59,200 (-2.0%)	$42,500 → $85,000 (+100.0%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $781 (+7.1%)	$675 → $950 (+40.7%)

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

Oakvale

Population

61232

Median household income

$21,354$24,241

Median home value

$42,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$675$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brush Fork	Oakvale
Under 5	0.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	26.3%	56.0%
18 to 24	13.4%	1.7%
25 to 34	3.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.9%	3.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	3.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	3.0%
75 and over	7.7%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brush Fork	Oakvale
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brush Fork	Oakvale
No high school diploma	13.6%	6.5%
High school graduate	39.3%	71.7%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brush Fork	Oakvale
Drove alone	95.4%	88.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	3.2%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brush Fork	Oakvale
1-unit, detached	50.1%	30.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.9%	61.5%

Poverty & households

	Brush Fork	Oakvale
Poverty rate	20.4%	6.1%
Average household size	2.82	4.07
Mean commute (minutes)	16	33
Median year structure built	1979	2008