Hometown vs Poca

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

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

Poca has the higher population (1,056 vs 699 in Hometown). Poca has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $40,500 in Hometown). Poca has the higher median home value ($178,500 vs $167,600 in Hometown).

Population, income & housing

	Hometown	Poca
Population	699	1,056
Median age	57.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,500	$83,750
Median home value	$167,600	$178,500
Housing units	445	408
Homeownership rate	91.2%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hometown	Poca
Population	606 → 699 (+15.3%)	1,052 → 1,056 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$35,594 → $40,500 (+13.8%)	$59,659 → $83,750 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$133,400 → $167,600 (+25.6%)	$133,500 → $178,500 (+33.7%)

Hometown

Population

606699

Median household income

$35,594$40,500

Median home value

$133,400$167,600

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)

	Hometown	Poca
Under 5	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.2%	23.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	33.5%	8.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.3%
75 and over	15.9%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hometown	Poca
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hometown	Poca
No high school diploma	22.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	53.9%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	7.2%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hometown	Poca
Drove alone	100.0%	94.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hometown	Poca
1-unit, detached	83.8%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Hometown	Poca
Poverty rate	30.9%	10.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1963	1968