Delbarton vs Matewan

A side-by-side comparison of Delbarton and Matewan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Matewan has the higher population (521 vs 466 in Delbarton). Delbarton has the higher median household income ($39,167 vs $15,378 in Matewan). Matewan has the higher median home value ($102,100 vs $94,200 in Delbarton).

Population, income & housing

	Delbarton	Matewan
Population	466	521
Median age	44.9 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,167	$15,378
Median home value	$94,200	$102,100
Median gross rent	$633	$356
Housing units	257	349
Homeownership rate	89.9%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	20.7%	28.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delbarton	Matewan
Population	537 → 466 (-13.2%)	477 → 521 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$28,920 → $39,167 (+35.4%)	$15,625 → $15,378 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $94,200 (+18.5%)	$65,800 → $102,100 (+55.2%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $633 (+18.8%)	$237 → $356 (+50.2%)

Delbarton

Population

537466

Median household income

$28,920$39,167

Median home value

$79,500$94,200

Median gross rent

$533$633

Matewan

Population

477521

Median household income

$15,625$15,378

Median home value

$65,800$102,100

Median gross rent

$237$356

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delbarton	Matewan
Under 5	2.4%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	8.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	5.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	20.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	18.2%
65 to 74	14.8%	26.7%
75 and over	9.9%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delbarton	Matewan
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.5%
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	5.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delbarton	Matewan
No high school diploma	24.9%	28.7%
High school graduate	43.2%	60.1%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	5.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delbarton	Matewan
Drove alone	80.0%	64.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.6%	30.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delbarton	Matewan
1-unit, detached	64.2%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	35.5%
Mobile home & other	30.4%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Delbarton	Matewan
Poverty rate	27.7%	44.1%
Average household size	2.77	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	17	15
Median year structure built	1986	1982