Matewan vs Red Jacket

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

Matewan 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 521 in Matewan). Red Jacket has the higher median home value ($209,600 vs $102,100 in Matewan). Since 2019, Red Jacket's population has grown faster (+48.9% vs +9.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Matewan	Red Jacket
Population	521	539
Median age	52.6 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$15,378	—
Median home value	$102,100	$209,600
Median gross rent	$356	—
Housing units	349	271
Homeownership rate	47.5%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	28.9%	19.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matewan	Red Jacket
Population	477 → 521 (+9.2%)	362 → 539 (+48.9%)
Median household income	$15,625 → $15,378 (-1.6%)	—
Median home value	$65,800 → $102,100 (+55.2%)	$61,000 → $209,600 (+243.6%)
Median gross rent	$237 → $356 (+50.2%)	$325 → $317 (-2.5%)

Matewan

Population

477521

Median household income

$15,625$15,378

Median home value

$65,800$102,100

Median gross rent

$237$356

Red Jacket

Population

362539

Median home value

$61,000$209,600

Median gross rent

$325$317

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Matewan	Red Jacket
Under 5	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.1%	26.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.3%	9.3%
35 to 44	5.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	20.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	18.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	26.7%	26.2%
75 and over	1.0%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matewan	Red Jacket
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	70.7%
Black or African American	11.5%	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	1.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matewan	Red Jacket
No high school diploma	28.7%	20.1%
High school graduate	60.1%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	5.8%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matewan	Red Jacket
Drove alone	64.4%	73.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	27.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	30.7%	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)

	Matewan	Red Jacket
1-unit, detached	40.4%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	7.4%
20 or more units	35.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Matewan	Red Jacket
Poverty rate	44.1%	54.5%
Average household size	1.97	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	15	—
Median year structure built	1982	1949