Hometown vs Raymond City

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

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

Hometown has the higher population (699 vs 116 in Raymond City). Since 2019, Hometown's population has grown faster (+15.3% vs -65.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Hometown	Raymond City
Population	699	116
Median age	57.1 yrs	8.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,500	—
Median home value	$167,600	—
Housing units	445	27
Homeownership rate	91.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hometown	Raymond City
Population	606 → 699 (+15.3%)	331 → 116 (-65.0%)
Median household income	$35,594 → $40,500 (+13.8%)	$33,929 → $38,542 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$133,400 → $167,600 (+25.6%)	$100,000 → $107,900 (+7.9%)

Hometown

Population

606699

Median household income

$35,594$40,500

Median home value

$133,400$167,600

Raymond City

Population

331116

Median household income

$33,929$38,542

Median home value

$100,000$107,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hometown	Raymond City
Under 5	0.0%	24.1%
5 to 17	11.2%	31.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	22.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	33.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.9%
75 and over	15.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hometown	Raymond City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hometown	Raymond City
No high school diploma	22.2%	30.8%
High school graduate	53.9%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	7.2%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hometown	Raymond City
Drove alone	100.0%	29.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	70.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hometown	Raymond City
1-unit, detached	83.8%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	40.7%

Poverty & households

	Hometown	Raymond City
Poverty rate	30.9%	77.6%
Average household size	2.28	4.30
Median year structure built	1963	—