Blacksville vs Booth

A side-by-side comparison of Blacksville and Booth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Booth has the higher population (156 vs 59 in Blacksville). Booth has the higher median household income ($234,097 vs $35,833 in Blacksville). Since 2019, Blacksville's population has grown faster (-47.8% vs -72.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Blacksville	Booth
Population	59	156
Median age	62.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$234,097
Median home value	—	$266,000
Housing units	48	73
Homeownership rate	80.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	89.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blacksville	Booth
Population	113 → 59 (-47.8%)	560 → 156 (-72.1%)
Median household income	$52,857 → $35,833 (-32.2%)	$58,586 → $234,097 (+299.6%)
Median home value	—	$153,600 → $266,000 (+73.2%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $657 (+5.5%)	—

Blacksville

Population

11359

Median household income

$52,857$35,833

Median gross rent

$623$657

Booth

Population

560156

Median household income

$58,586$234,097

Median home value

$153,600$266,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blacksville	Booth
Under 5	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	34.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	30.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	35.9%
55 to 64	45.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	22.0%	0.0%
75 and over	15.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blacksville	Booth
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blacksville	Booth
No high school diploma	14.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	67.3%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	46.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	42.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blacksville	Booth
Drove alone	69.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blacksville	Booth
1-unit, detached	45.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blacksville	Booth
Poverty rate	23.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.64	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	39
Median year structure built	1974	1994