Brush Fork vs Princeton

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

Brush Fork 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 1,213 in Brush Fork). Brush Fork has the higher median household income ($51,364 vs $44,428 in Princeton). Princeton has the higher median home value ($115,800 vs $59,200 in Brush Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Brush Fork	Princeton
Population	1,213	5,780
Median age	40.8 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,364	$44,428
Median home value	$59,200	$115,800
Median gross rent	—	$830
Housing units	523	3,288
Homeownership rate	93.5%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brush Fork	Princeton
Population	1,214 → 1,213 (-0.1%)	5,831 → 5,780 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$31,780 → $51,364 (+61.6%)	$42,025 → $44,428 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$60,400 → $59,200 (-2.0%)	$93,700 → $115,800 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $781 (+7.1%)	$711 → $830 (+16.7%)

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

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)

	Brush Fork	Princeton
Under 5	0.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	26.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	13.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	3.5%	17.0%
35 to 44	8.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	15.9%	17.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	9.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.8%
75 and over	7.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brush Fork	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brush Fork	Princeton
No high school diploma	13.6%	9.5%
High school graduate	39.3%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brush Fork	Princeton
Drove alone	95.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	8.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brush Fork	Princeton
1-unit, detached	50.1%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	49.9%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Brush Fork	Princeton
Poverty rate	20.4%	21.4%
Average household size	2.82	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1979	1956