Hurricane vs Poca

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

Hurricane and Poca 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 1,056 in Poca). Poca has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $67,083 in Hurricane). Hurricane has the higher median home value ($190,400 vs $178,500 in Poca).

Population, income & housing

	Hurricane	Poca
Population	6,891	1,056
Median age	43.6 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,083	$83,750
Median home value	$190,400	$178,500
Median gross rent	$854	—
Housing units	3,291	408
Homeownership rate	69.5%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hurricane	Poca
Population	6,482 → 6,891 (+6.3%)	1,052 → 1,056 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$55,833 → $67,083 (+20.1%)	$59,659 → $83,750 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $190,400 (+25.6%)	$133,500 → $178,500 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $854 (+11.5%)	—

Hurricane

Population

6,4826,891

Median household income

$55,833$67,083

Median home value

$151,600$190,400

Median gross rent

$766$854

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)

	Hurricane	Poca
Under 5	4.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	23.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.0%
65 to 74	15.8%	9.3%
75 and over	7.8%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hurricane	Poca
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hurricane	Poca
No high school diploma	4.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	30.6%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hurricane	Poca
Drove alone	78.4%	94.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	1.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hurricane	Poca
1-unit, detached	75.9%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	4.4%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Hurricane	Poca
Poverty rate	10.9%	10.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1981	1968