Hometown vs Hurricane

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

Hometown 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 699 in Hometown). Hurricane has the higher median household income ($67,083 vs $40,500 in Hometown). Hurricane has the higher median home value ($190,400 vs $167,600 in Hometown).

Population, income & housing

	Hometown	Hurricane
Population	699	6,891
Median age	57.1 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,500	$67,083
Median home value	$167,600	$190,400
Median gross rent	—	$854
Housing units	445	3,291
Homeownership rate	91.2%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hometown	Hurricane
Population	606 → 699 (+15.3%)	6,482 → 6,891 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$35,594 → $40,500 (+13.8%)	$55,833 → $67,083 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$133,400 → $167,600 (+25.6%)	$151,600 → $190,400 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$766 → $854 (+11.5%)

Hometown

Population

606699

Median household income

$35,594$40,500

Median home value

$133,400$167,600

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)

	Hometown	Hurricane
Under 5	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	33.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	15.8%
75 and over	15.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hometown	Hurricane
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hometown	Hurricane
No high school diploma	22.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	53.9%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	7.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hometown	Hurricane
Drove alone	100.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hometown	Hurricane
1-unit, detached	83.8%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Hometown	Hurricane
Poverty rate	30.9%	10.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1963	1981