Eleanor vs Poca

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

Eleanor and Poca 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 1,056 in Poca). Poca has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $74,211 in Eleanor). Eleanor has the higher median home value ($236,400 vs $178,500 in Poca).

Population, income & housing

	Eleanor	Poca
Population	1,655	1,056
Median age	44.0 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,211	$83,750
Median home value	$236,400	$178,500
Median gross rent	$1,011	—
Housing units	697	408
Homeownership rate	77.3%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eleanor	Poca
Population	1,380 → 1,655 (+19.9%)	1,052 → 1,056 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $74,211 (+33.4%)	$59,659 → $83,750 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$153,300 → $236,400 (+54.2%)	$133,500 → $178,500 (+33.7%)
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

Poca

Population

1,0521,056

Median household income

$59,659$83,750

Median home value

$133,500$178,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eleanor	Poca
Under 5	5.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.2%	23.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	8.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.3%
75 and over	11.8%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eleanor	Poca
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	98.0%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eleanor	Poca
No high school diploma	9.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	37.2%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eleanor	Poca
Drove alone	92.4%	94.8%
Carpooled	1.1%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eleanor	Poca
1-unit, detached	86.2%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Eleanor	Poca
Poverty rate	8.6%	10.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1979	1968