Brandonville vs Newburg

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

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

Newburg has the higher population (225 vs 122 in Brandonville). Brandonville has the higher median household income ($87,083 vs $49,559 in Newburg). Brandonville has the higher median home value ($183,300 vs $45,600 in Newburg).

Population, income & housing

	Brandonville	Newburg
Population	122	225
Median age	38.5 yrs	58.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,083	$49,559
Median home value	$183,300	$45,600
Median gross rent	—	$875
Housing units	49	124
Homeownership rate	93.6%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandonville	Newburg
Population	136 → 122 (-10.3%)	334 → 225 (-32.6%)
Median household income	$73,681 → $87,083 (+18.2%)	$48,750 → $49,559 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$142,600 → $183,300 (+28.5%)	$61,700 → $45,600 (-26.1%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $825 (+21.3%)	$625 → $875 (+40.0%)

Brandonville

Population

136122

Median household income

$73,681$87,083

Median home value

$142,600$183,300

Median gross rent

$680$825

Newburg

Population

334225

Median household income

$48,750$49,559

Median home value

$61,700$45,600

Median gross rent

$625$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandonville	Newburg
Under 5	13.1%	1.3%
5 to 17	12.3%	11.6%
18 to 24	1.6%	2.7%
25 to 34	18.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	18.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.0%	8.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	30.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	14.2%
75 and over	6.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandonville	Newburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandonville	Newburg
No high school diploma	6.7%	16.8%
High school graduate	43.8%	61.6%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	11.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandonville	Newburg
Drove alone	84.7%	86.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandonville	Newburg
1-unit, detached	79.6%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Brandonville	Newburg
Poverty rate	10.7%	12.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	29	58
Median year structure built	1973	1938