Blacksville vs Star City

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

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

Star City has the higher population (1,894 vs 59 in Blacksville). Star City has the higher median household income ($62,031 vs $35,833 in Blacksville). Since 2019, Star City's population has grown faster (-12.3% vs -47.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Blacksville	Star City
Population	59	1,894
Median age	62.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$62,031
Median home value	—	$256,800
Median gross rent	—	$989
Housing units	48	947
Homeownership rate	80.6%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blacksville	Star City
Population	113 → 59 (-47.8%)	2,160 → 1,894 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$52,857 → $35,833 (-32.2%)	$45,199 → $62,031 (+37.2%)
Median home value	—	$164,400 → $256,800 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $657 (+5.5%)	$809 → $989 (+22.2%)

Blacksville

Population

11359

Median household income

$52,857$35,833

Median gross rent

$623$657

Star City

Population

2,1601,894

Median household income

$45,199$62,031

Median home value

$164,400$256,800

Median gross rent

$809$989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blacksville	Star City
Under 5	6.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.2%
18 to 24	10.2%	16.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	23.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.0%
55 to 64	45.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	22.0%	7.4%
75 and over	15.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blacksville	Star City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blacksville	Star City
No high school diploma	14.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	67.3%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blacksville	Star City
Drove alone	69.2%	66.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.8%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blacksville	Star City
1-unit, detached	45.8%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.5%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	16.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Blacksville	Star City
Poverty rate	23.7%	15.7%
Average household size	1.64	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1974	1988