Poca vs Raymond City

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

Poca 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.

Poca has the higher population (1,056 vs 116 in Raymond City). Since 2019, Poca's population has grown faster (+0.4% vs -65.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Poca	Raymond City
Population	1,056	116
Median age	37.8 yrs	8.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	—
Median home value	$178,500	—
Housing units	408	27
Homeownership rate	90.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poca	Raymond City
Population	1,052 → 1,056 (+0.4%)	331 → 116 (-65.0%)
Median household income	$59,659 → $83,750 (+40.4%)	$33,929 → $38,542 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $178,500 (+33.7%)	$100,000 → $107,900 (+7.9%)

Poca

Population

1,0521,056

Median household income

$59,659$83,750

Median home value

$133,500$178,500

Raymond City

Population

331116

Median household income

$33,929$38,542

Median home value

$100,000$107,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poca	Raymond City
Under 5	4.5%	24.1%
5 to 17	23.1%	31.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	22.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	8.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.9%
75 and over	10.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poca	Raymond City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	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	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poca	Raymond City
No high school diploma	6.6%	30.8%
High school graduate	37.5%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poca	Raymond City
Drove alone	94.8%	29.7%
Carpooled	1.7%	70.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poca	Raymond City
1-unit, detached	89.2%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	40.7%

Poverty & households

	Poca	Raymond City
Poverty rate	10.6%	77.6%
Average household size	2.66	4.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1968	—