Kermit vs Red Jacket

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

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

Red Jacket has the higher population (539 vs 195 in Kermit). Red Jacket has the higher median home value ($209,600 vs $115,600 in Kermit). Since 2019, Red Jacket's population has grown faster (+48.9% vs -38.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Kermit	Red Jacket
Population	195	539
Median age	34.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$32,750	—
Median home value	$115,600	$209,600
Median gross rent	$784	—
Housing units	122	271
Homeownership rate	41.3%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	19.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kermit	Red Jacket
Population	315 → 195 (-38.1%)	362 → 539 (+48.9%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $32,750 (-22.9%)	—
Median home value	$132,100 → $115,600 (-12.5%)	$61,000 → $209,600 (+243.6%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $784 (+32.2%)	$325 → $317 (-2.5%)

Kermit

Population

315195

Median household income

$42,500$32,750

Median home value

$132,100$115,600

Median gross rent

$593$784

Red Jacket

Population

362539

Median home value

$61,000$209,600

Median gross rent

$325$317

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kermit	Red Jacket
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	31.3%	26.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	17.9%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	2.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	26.2%
75 and over	5.6%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kermit	Red Jacket
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	70.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	26.2%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kermit	Red Jacket
No high school diploma	23.6%	20.1%
High school graduate	26.8%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kermit	Red Jacket
Drove alone	100.0%	73.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	27.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kermit	Red Jacket
1-unit, detached	78.7%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Kermit	Red Jacket
Poverty rate	32.3%	54.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1973	1949