Brandonville vs Tunnelton

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

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

Tunnelton has the higher population (333 vs 122 in Brandonville). Brandonville has the higher median household income ($87,083 vs $56,875 in Tunnelton). Brandonville has the higher median home value ($183,300 vs $54,100 in Tunnelton).

Population, income & housing

	Brandonville	Tunnelton
Population	122	333
Median age	38.5 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,083	$56,875
Median home value	$183,300	$54,100
Housing units	49	152
Homeownership rate	93.6%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandonville	Tunnelton
Population	136 → 122 (-10.3%)	301 → 333 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$73,681 → $87,083 (+18.2%)	$37,969 → $56,875 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$142,600 → $183,300 (+28.5%)	$53,100 → $54,100 (+1.9%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $825 (+21.3%)	$1,000 → $1,136 (+13.6%)

Brandonville

Population

136122

Median household income

$73,681$87,083

Median home value

$142,600$183,300

Median gross rent

$680$825

Tunnelton

Population

301333

Median household income

$37,969$56,875

Median home value

$53,100$54,100

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandonville	Tunnelton
Under 5	13.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.3%	13.8%
18 to 24	1.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	18.9%	15.9%
35 to 44	18.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	16.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	20.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	6.6%
75 and over	6.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandonville	Tunnelton
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandonville	Tunnelton
No high school diploma	6.7%	14.3%
High school graduate	43.8%	65.3%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandonville	Tunnelton
Drove alone	84.7%	68.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	29.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandonville	Tunnelton
1-unit, detached	79.6%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Brandonville	Tunnelton
Poverty rate	10.7%	20.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1973	1991