Eleanor vs Hometown

A side-by-side comparison of Eleanor and Hometown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eleanor has the higher population (1,655 vs 699 in Hometown). Eleanor has the higher median household income ($74,211 vs $40,500 in Hometown). Eleanor has the higher median home value ($236,400 vs $167,600 in Hometown).

Population, income & housing

	Eleanor	Hometown
Population	1,655	699
Median age	44.0 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,211	$40,500
Median home value	$236,400	$167,600
Median gross rent	$1,011	—
Housing units	697	445
Homeownership rate	77.3%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eleanor	Hometown
Population	1,380 → 1,655 (+19.9%)	606 → 699 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $74,211 (+33.4%)	$35,594 → $40,500 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$153,300 → $236,400 (+54.2%)	$133,400 → $167,600 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,011 (+22.7%)	—

Eleanor

Population

1,3801,655

Median household income

$55,625$74,211

Median home value

$153,300$236,400

Median gross rent

$824$1,011

Hometown

Population

606699

Median household income

$35,594$40,500

Median home value

$133,400$167,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eleanor	Hometown
Under 5	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	11.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	33.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.0%
75 and over	11.8%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eleanor	Hometown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eleanor	Hometown
No high school diploma	9.8%	22.2%
High school graduate	37.2%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	7.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eleanor	Hometown
Drove alone	92.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eleanor	Hometown
1-unit, detached	86.2%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Eleanor	Hometown
Poverty rate	8.6%	30.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1979	1963