Poca vs Winfield

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

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

Winfield has the higher population (2,538 vs 1,056 in Poca). Winfield has the higher median household income ($89,917 vs $83,750 in Poca). Winfield has the higher median home value ($226,000 vs $178,500 in Poca).

Population, income & housing

	Poca	Winfield
Population	1,056	2,538
Median age	37.8 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	$89,917
Median home value	$178,500	$226,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,033
Housing units	408	1,028
Homeownership rate	90.7%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poca	Winfield
Population	1,052 → 1,056 (+0.4%)	2,785 → 2,538 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$59,659 → $83,750 (+40.4%)	$78,871 → $89,917 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $178,500 (+33.7%)	$202,300 → $226,000 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$773 → $1,033 (+33.6%)

Poca

Population

1,0521,056

Median household income

$59,659$83,750

Median home value

$133,500$178,500

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)

	Poca	Winfield
Under 5	4.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	23.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	19.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	6.6%
75 and over	10.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poca	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poca	Winfield
No high school diploma	6.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	37.5%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poca	Winfield
Drove alone	94.8%	75.4%
Carpooled	1.7%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poca	Winfield
1-unit, detached	89.2%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Poca	Winfield
Poverty rate	10.6%	18.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1968	1993