Hometown vs Winfield

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

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

Winfield has the higher population (2,538 vs 699 in Hometown). Winfield has the higher median household income ($89,917 vs $40,500 in Hometown). Winfield has the higher median home value ($226,000 vs $167,600 in Hometown).

Population, income & housing

	Hometown	Winfield
Population	699	2,538
Median age	57.1 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,500	$89,917
Median home value	$167,600	$226,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,033
Housing units	445	1,028
Homeownership rate	91.2%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hometown	Winfield
Population	606 → 699 (+15.3%)	2,785 → 2,538 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$35,594 → $40,500 (+13.8%)	$78,871 → $89,917 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$133,400 → $167,600 (+25.6%)	$202,300 → $226,000 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$773 → $1,033 (+33.6%)

Hometown

Population

606699

Median household income

$35,594$40,500

Median home value

$133,400$167,600

Winfield

Population

2,7852,538

Median household income

$78,871$89,917

Median home value

$202,300$226,000

Median gross rent

$773$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hometown	Winfield
Under 5	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	11.2%	19.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.4%
55 to 64	33.5%	19.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	6.6%
75 and over	15.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hometown	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hometown	Winfield
No high school diploma	22.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	53.9%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	7.2%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hometown	Winfield
Drove alone	100.0%	75.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hometown	Winfield
1-unit, detached	83.8%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Hometown	Winfield
Poverty rate	30.9%	18.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1963	1993