Richwood vs Tioga

A side-by-side comparison of Richwood and Tioga: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Richwood has the higher population (2,617 vs 509 in Tioga). Tioga has the higher median household income ($83,486 vs $33,614 in Richwood). Since 2019, Tioga's population has grown faster (+375.7% vs +23.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Richwood	Tioga
Population	2,617	509
Median age	45.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$33,614	$83,486
Median home value	$67,600	—
Median gross rent	$630	—
Housing units	1,301	139
Homeownership rate	78.8%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	27.1%	28.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richwood	Tioga
Population	2,127 → 2,617 (+23.0%)	107 → 509 (+375.7%)
Median household income	$28,641 → $33,614 (+17.4%)	$78,667 → $83,486 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$41,200 → $67,600 (+64.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$549 → $630 (+14.8%)	—

Richwood

Population

2,1272,617

Median household income

$28,641$33,614

Median home value

$41,200$67,600

Median gross rent

$549$630

Tioga

Population

107509

Median household income

$78,667$83,486

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richwood	Tioga
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	45.2%
18 to 24	1.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.2%	43.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	0.0%
75 and over	10.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richwood	Tioga
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richwood	Tioga
No high school diploma	13.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	58.4%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	4.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richwood	Tioga
Drove alone	60.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	0.0%
Public transit	14.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richwood	Tioga
1-unit, detached	82.9%	18.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	82.0%

Poverty & households

	Richwood	Tioga
Poverty rate	33.5%	21.2%
Average household size	2.53	4.04
Mean commute (minutes)	38	—
Median year structure built	1950	1984