Matewan vs Williamson

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

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

Williamson has the higher population (2,979 vs 521 in Matewan). Williamson has the higher median household income ($24,119 vs $15,378 in Matewan). Matewan has the higher median home value ($102,100 vs $93,300 in Williamson).

Population, income & housing

	Matewan	Williamson
Population	521	2,979
Median age	52.6 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$15,378	$24,119
Median home value	$102,100	$93,300
Median gross rent	$356	$555
Housing units	349	1,644
Homeownership rate	47.5%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	28.9%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matewan	Williamson
Population	477 → 521 (+9.2%)	2,803 → 2,979 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$15,625 → $15,378 (-1.6%)	$24,058 → $24,119 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$65,800 → $102,100 (+55.2%)	$82,400 → $93,300 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$237 → $356 (+50.2%)	$627 → $555 (-11.5%)

Matewan

Population

477521

Median household income

$15,625$15,378

Median home value

$65,800$102,100

Median gross rent

$237$356

Williamson

Population

2,8032,979

Median household income

$24,058$24,119

Median home value

$82,400$93,300

Median gross rent

$627$555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Matewan	Williamson
Under 5	8.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	8.1%	25.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	3.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	5.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	20.0%	6.9%
55 to 64	18.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	26.7%	9.3%
75 and over	1.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matewan	Williamson
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	83.8%
Black or African American	11.5%	6.4%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.9%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matewan	Williamson
No high school diploma	28.7%	14.5%
High school graduate	60.1%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	5.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matewan	Williamson
Drove alone	64.4%	79.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	30.7%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matewan	Williamson
1-unit, detached	40.4%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	11.6%
20 or more units	35.5%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Matewan	Williamson
Poverty rate	44.1%	32.3%
Average household size	1.97	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	15	31
Median year structure built	1982	1955