Matoaka vs Montcalm

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

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

Montcalm has the higher population (541 vs 92 in Matoaka). Matoaka has the higher median home value ($74,400 vs $39,600 in Montcalm). Since 2019, Montcalm's population has grown faster (+20.8% vs -58.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Matoaka	Montcalm
Population	92	541
Median age	43.2 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$23,929	—
Median home value	$74,400	$39,600
Median gross rent	$565	—
Housing units	87	248
Homeownership rate	43.3%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matoaka	Montcalm
Population	221 → 92 (-58.4%)	448 → 541 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$39,896 → $23,929 (-40.0%)	$28,214 → $34,143 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$61,300 → $74,400 (+21.4%)	$51,900 → $39,600 (-23.7%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $565 (-11.0%)	—

Matoaka

Population

22192

Median household income

$39,896$23,929

Median home value

$61,300$74,400

Median gross rent

$635$565

Montcalm

Population

448541

Median household income

$28,214$34,143

Median home value

$51,900$39,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Matoaka	Montcalm
Under 5	10.9%	2.0%
5 to 17	13.0%	26.2%
18 to 24	17.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	21.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	16.8%
55 to 64	7.6%	29.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	0.0%
75 and over	5.4%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matoaka	Montcalm
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	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	5.4%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matoaka	Montcalm
No high school diploma	57.4%	29.6%
High school graduate	35.2%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matoaka	Montcalm
Drove alone	57.9%	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	42.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matoaka	Montcalm
1-unit, detached	82.8%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	32.3%

Poverty & households

	Matoaka	Montcalm
Poverty rate	54.7%	16.1%
Average household size	3.07	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1938	1966