Booth vs Star City

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

Booth 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 156 in Booth). Booth has the higher median household income ($234,097 vs $62,031 in Star City). Booth has the higher median home value ($266,000 vs $256,800 in Star City).

Population, income & housing

	Booth	Star City
Population	156	1,894
Median age	42.0 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$234,097	$62,031
Median home value	$266,000	$256,800
Median gross rent	—	$989
Housing units	73	947
Homeownership rate	100.0%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	89.3%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Booth	Star City
Population	560 → 156 (-72.1%)	2,160 → 1,894 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$58,586 → $234,097 (+299.6%)	$45,199 → $62,031 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$153,600 → $266,000 (+73.2%)	$164,400 → $256,800 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$809 → $989 (+22.2%)

Booth

Population

560156

Median household income

$58,586$234,097

Median home value

$153,600$266,000

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)

	Booth	Star City
Under 5	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	34.0%	10.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	16.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	23.2%
35 to 44	30.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	35.9%	7.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.4%
75 and over	0.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Booth	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+

	Booth	Star City
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	10.7%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	46.6%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	42.7%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Booth	Star City
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Booth	Star City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Booth	Star City
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.7%
Average household size	3.18	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	39	20
Median year structure built	1994	1988