Albright vs Brandonville

A side-by-side comparison of Albright and Brandonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Albright has the higher population (294 vs 122 in Brandonville). Brandonville has the higher median household income ($87,083 vs $55,714 in Albright). Since 2019, Brandonville's population has grown faster (-10.3% vs -11.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Albright	Brandonville
Population	294	122
Median age	29.4 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,714	$87,083
Median home value	—	$183,300
Median gross rent	$1,018	—
Housing units	150	49
Homeownership rate	46.4%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albright	Brandonville
Population	333 → 294 (-11.7%)	136 → 122 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$46,953 → $55,714 (+18.7%)	$73,681 → $87,083 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $34,700 (-33.9%)	$142,600 → $183,300 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $1,018 (+56.6%)	$680 → $825 (+21.3%)

Albright

Population

333294

Median household income

$46,953$55,714

Median home value

$52,500$34,700

Median gross rent

$650$1,018

Brandonville

Population

136122

Median household income

$73,681$87,083

Median home value

$142,600$183,300

Median gross rent

$680$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albright	Brandonville
Under 5	7.1%	13.1%
5 to 17	7.1%	12.3%
18 to 24	15.3%	1.6%
25 to 34	31.0%	18.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	18.0%
45 to 54	6.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.8%	9.8%
75 and over	6.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albright	Brandonville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albright	Brandonville
No high school diploma	33.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	53.6%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	9.7%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albright	Brandonville
Drove alone	75.6%	84.7%
Carpooled	3.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albright	Brandonville
1-unit, detached	65.3%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.0%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Albright	Brandonville
Poverty rate	21.1%	10.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1948	1973