Poca vs Teays Valley

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

Poca 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 1,056 in Poca). Teays Valley has the higher median household income ($106,798 vs $83,750 in Poca). Teays Valley has the higher median home value ($271,900 vs $178,500 in Poca).

Population, income & housing

	Poca	Teays Valley
Population	1,056	13,961
Median age	37.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	$106,798
Median home value	$178,500	$271,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,238
Housing units	408	6,027
Homeownership rate	90.7%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poca	Teays Valley
Population	1,052 → 1,056 (+0.4%)	13,866 → 13,961 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$59,659 → $83,750 (+40.4%)	$89,045 → $106,798 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $178,500 (+33.7%)	$227,200 → $271,900 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,020 → $1,238 (+21.4%)

Poca

Population

1,0521,056

Median household income

$59,659$83,750

Median home value

$133,500$178,500

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)

	Poca	Teays Valley
Under 5	4.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	23.1%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	8.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.2%
75 and over	10.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poca	Teays Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poca	Teays Valley
No high school diploma	6.6%	3.1%
High school graduate	37.5%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poca	Teays Valley
Drove alone	94.8%	80.3%
Carpooled	1.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poca	Teays Valley
1-unit, detached	89.2%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Poca	Teays Valley
Poverty rate	10.6%	5.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1968	1992