Newburg vs Tunnelton

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

Newburg 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 225 in Newburg). Tunnelton has the higher median household income ($56,875 vs $49,559 in Newburg). Tunnelton has the higher median home value ($54,100 vs $45,600 in Newburg).

Population, income & housing

	Newburg	Tunnelton
Population	225	333
Median age	58.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,559	$56,875
Median home value	$45,600	$54,100
Median gross rent	$875	—
Housing units	124	152
Homeownership rate	86.4%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newburg	Tunnelton
Population	334 → 225 (-32.6%)	301 → 333 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $49,559 (+1.7%)	$37,969 → $56,875 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $45,600 (-26.1%)	$53,100 → $54,100 (+1.9%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $875 (+40.0%)	$1,000 → $1,136 (+13.6%)

Newburg

Population

334225

Median household income

$48,750$49,559

Median home value

$61,700$45,600

Median gross rent

$625$875

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)

	Newburg	Tunnelton
Under 5	1.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.6%	13.8%
18 to 24	2.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.4%	16.2%
55 to 64	30.7%	20.1%
65 to 74	14.2%	6.6%
75 and over	8.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newburg	Tunnelton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newburg	Tunnelton
No high school diploma	16.8%	14.3%
High school graduate	61.6%	65.3%
Some college or associate's	11.1%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newburg	Tunnelton
Drove alone	86.3%	68.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	29.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newburg	Tunnelton
1-unit, detached	80.6%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Newburg	Tunnelton
Poverty rate	12.9%	20.7%
Average household size	2.05	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	58	27
Median year structure built	1938	1991