Bruceton Mills vs Tunnelton

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

Bruceton Mills 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 79 in Bruceton Mills). Tunnelton has the higher median household income ($56,875 vs $56,667 in Bruceton Mills). Bruceton Mills has the higher median home value ($129,200 vs $54,100 in Tunnelton).

Population, income & housing

	Bruceton Mills	Tunnelton
Population	79	333
Median age	44.9 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,667	$56,875
Median home value	$129,200	$54,100
Median gross rent	$792	—
Housing units	44	152
Homeownership rate	65.0%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bruceton Mills	Tunnelton
Population	88 → 79 (-10.2%)	301 → 333 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $56,667 (+46.2%)	$37,969 → $56,875 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $129,200 (-28.7%)	$53,100 → $54,100 (+1.9%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $792 (-12.0%)	$1,000 → $1,136 (+13.6%)

Bruceton Mills

Population

8879

Median household income

$38,750$56,667

Median home value

$181,300$129,200

Median gross rent

$900$792

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)

	Bruceton Mills	Tunnelton
Under 5	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	5.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	30.4%	15.9%
35 to 44	7.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	15.2%	16.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	20.1%
65 to 74	24.1%	6.6%
75 and over	0.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bruceton Mills	Tunnelton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bruceton Mills	Tunnelton
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.3%
High school graduate	78.3%	65.3%
Some college or associate's	13.0%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bruceton Mills	Tunnelton
Drove alone	49.2%	68.6%
Carpooled	44.6%	29.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bruceton Mills	Tunnelton
1-unit, detached	81.8%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Bruceton Mills	Tunnelton
Poverty rate	2.5%	20.7%
Average household size	1.98	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1967	1991