Hurricane vs Teays Valley

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

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

Teays Valley has the higher population (13,961 vs 6,891 in Hurricane). Teays Valley has the higher median household income ($106,798 vs $67,083 in Hurricane). Teays Valley has the higher median home value ($271,900 vs $190,400 in Hurricane).

Population, income & housing

	Hurricane	Teays Valley
Population	6,891	13,961
Median age	43.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,083	$106,798
Median home value	$190,400	$271,900
Median gross rent	$854	$1,238
Housing units	3,291	6,027
Homeownership rate	69.5%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hurricane	Teays Valley
Population	6,482 → 6,891 (+6.3%)	13,866 → 13,961 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$55,833 → $67,083 (+20.1%)	$89,045 → $106,798 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $190,400 (+25.6%)	$227,200 → $271,900 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $854 (+11.5%)	$1,020 → $1,238 (+21.4%)

Hurricane

Population

6,4826,891

Median household income

$55,833$67,083

Median home value

$151,600$190,400

Median gross rent

$766$854

Teays Valley

Population

13,86613,961

Median household income

$89,045$106,798

Median home value

$227,200$271,900

Median gross rent

$1,020$1,238

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hurricane	Teays Valley
Under 5	4.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	15.8%	10.2%
75 and over	7.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hurricane	Teays Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hurricane	Teays Valley
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	30.6%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hurricane	Teays Valley
Drove alone	78.4%	80.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	10.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hurricane	Teays Valley
1-unit, detached	75.9%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	7.0%
20 or more units	6.6%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Hurricane	Teays Valley
Poverty rate	10.9%	5.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1981	1992