Hurricane vs Winfield

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

Hurricane and Winfield 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 2,538 in Winfield). Winfield has the higher median household income ($89,917 vs $67,083 in Hurricane). Winfield has the higher median home value ($226,000 vs $190,400 in Hurricane).

Population, income & housing

	Hurricane	Winfield
Population	6,891	2,538
Median age	43.6 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,083	$89,917
Median home value	$190,400	$226,000
Median gross rent	$854	$1,033
Housing units	3,291	1,028
Homeownership rate	69.5%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hurricane	Winfield
Population	6,482 → 6,891 (+6.3%)	2,785 → 2,538 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$55,833 → $67,083 (+20.1%)	$78,871 → $89,917 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $190,400 (+25.6%)	$202,300 → $226,000 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $854 (+11.5%)	$773 → $1,033 (+33.6%)

Hurricane

Population

6,4826,891

Median household income

$55,833$67,083

Median home value

$151,600$190,400

Median gross rent

$766$854

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)

	Hurricane	Winfield
Under 5	4.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	19.7%
65 to 74	15.8%	6.6%
75 and over	7.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hurricane	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hurricane	Winfield
No high school diploma	4.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	30.6%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hurricane	Winfield
Drove alone	78.4%	75.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	16.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hurricane	Winfield
1-unit, detached	75.9%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	4.4%
20 or more units	6.6%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Hurricane	Winfield
Poverty rate	10.9%	18.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1981	1993