Eleanor vs Hurricane

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

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

Hurricane has the higher population (6,891 vs 1,655 in Eleanor). Eleanor has the higher median household income ($74,211 vs $67,083 in Hurricane). Eleanor has the higher median home value ($236,400 vs $190,400 in Hurricane).

Population, income & housing

	Eleanor	Hurricane
Population	1,655	6,891
Median age	44.0 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,211	$67,083
Median home value	$236,400	$190,400
Median gross rent	$1,011	$854
Housing units	697	3,291
Homeownership rate	77.3%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eleanor	Hurricane
Population	1,380 → 1,655 (+19.9%)	6,482 → 6,891 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $74,211 (+33.4%)	$55,833 → $67,083 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$153,300 → $236,400 (+54.2%)	$151,600 → $190,400 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,011 (+22.7%)	$766 → $854 (+11.5%)

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

Hurricane

Population

6,4826,891

Median household income

$55,833$67,083

Median home value

$151,600$190,400

Median gross rent

$766$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eleanor	Hurricane
Under 5	5.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	15.8%
75 and over	11.8%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eleanor	Hurricane
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eleanor	Hurricane
No high school diploma	9.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	37.2%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eleanor	Hurricane
Drove alone	92.4%	78.4%
Carpooled	1.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eleanor	Hurricane
1-unit, detached	86.2%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Eleanor	Hurricane
Poverty rate	8.6%	10.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1979	1981