Great Cacapon vs Paw Paw

A side-by-side comparison of Great Cacapon and Paw Paw: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Great Cacapon has the higher population (836 vs 440 in Paw Paw). Paw Paw has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $44,267 in Great Cacapon). Great Cacapon has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $83,900 in Paw Paw).

Population, income & housing

	Great Cacapon	Paw Paw
Population	836	440
Median age	38.9 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,267	$62,500
Median home value	$112,500	$83,900
Median gross rent	—	$989
Housing units	244	177
Homeownership rate	100.0%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.2%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Cacapon	Paw Paw
Population	465 → 836 (+79.8%)	672 → 440 (-34.5%)
Median household income	$32,946 → $44,267 (+34.4%)	$34,946 → $62,500 (+78.8%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $112,500 (+29.6%)	$83,600 → $83,900 (+0.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$744 → $989 (+32.9%)

Great Cacapon

Population

465836

Median household income

$32,946$44,267

Median home value

$86,800$112,500

Paw Paw

Population

672440

Median household income

$34,946$62,500

Median home value

$83,600$83,900

Median gross rent

$744$989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Cacapon	Paw Paw
Under 5	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	31.7%	27.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.3%
35 to 44	36.1%	8.2%
45 to 54	14.8%	21.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	1.4%	12.7%
75 and over	1.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Cacapon	Paw Paw
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.1%
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%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Cacapon	Paw Paw
No high school diploma	45.4%	20.3%
High school graduate	41.5%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	10.9%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Cacapon	Paw Paw
Drove alone	74.0%	82.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	10.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Cacapon	Paw Paw
1-unit, detached	91.0%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Great Cacapon	Paw Paw
Poverty rate	29.4%	7.5%
Average household size	3.62	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	—	41
Median year structure built	1938	1965