Kermit vs Matewan

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

Kermit 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 195 in Kermit). Kermit has the higher median household income ($32,750 vs $15,378 in Matewan). Kermit has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $102,100 in Matewan).

Population, income & housing

	Kermit	Matewan
Population	195	521
Median age	34.1 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$32,750	$15,378
Median home value	$115,600	$102,100
Median gross rent	$784	$356
Housing units	122	349
Homeownership rate	41.3%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	28.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kermit	Matewan
Population	315 → 195 (-38.1%)	477 → 521 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $32,750 (-22.9%)	$15,625 → $15,378 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$132,100 → $115,600 (-12.5%)	$65,800 → $102,100 (+55.2%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $784 (+32.2%)	$237 → $356 (+50.2%)

Kermit

Population

315195

Median household income

$42,500$32,750

Median home value

$132,100$115,600

Median gross rent

$593$784

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)

	Kermit	Matewan
Under 5	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	31.3%	8.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.4%
25 to 34	17.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	5.4%
45 to 54	2.1%	20.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	18.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	26.7%
75 and over	5.6%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kermit	Matewan
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kermit	Matewan
No high school diploma	23.6%	28.7%
High school graduate	26.8%	60.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	5.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kermit	Matewan
Drove alone	100.0%	64.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	30.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kermit	Matewan
1-unit, detached	78.7%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	35.5%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Kermit	Matewan
Poverty rate	32.3%	44.1%
Average household size	2.60	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1973	1982