Beckley vs Crab Orchard

A side-by-side comparison of Beckley and Crab Orchard: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beckley has the higher population (16,977 vs 1,877 in Crab Orchard). Crab Orchard has the higher median household income ($59,122 vs $39,939 in Beckley). Crab Orchard has the higher median home value ($208,000 vs $148,800 in Beckley).

Population, income & housing

	Beckley	Crab Orchard
Population	16,977	1,877
Median age	39.0 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,939	$59,122
Median home value	$148,800	$208,000
Median gross rent	$867	—
Housing units	8,822	942
Homeownership rate	53.2%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	21.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beckley	Crab Orchard
Population	16,452 → 16,977 (+3.2%)	2,579 → 1,877 (-27.2%)
Median household income	$39,455 → $39,939 (+1.2%)	$42,827 → $59,122 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $148,800 (+35.3%)	$102,500 → $208,000 (+102.9%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $867 (+26.6%)	$536 → $581 (+8.4%)

Beckley

Population

16,45216,977

Median household income

$39,455$39,939

Median home value

$110,000$148,800

Median gross rent

$685$867

Crab Orchard

Population

2,5791,877

Median household income

$42,827$59,122

Median home value

$102,500$208,000

Median gross rent

$536$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beckley	Crab Orchard
Under 5	6.8%	1.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	6.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	6.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	13.9%
75 and over	7.1%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beckley	Crab Orchard
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	15.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beckley	Crab Orchard
No high school diploma	10.3%	18.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beckley	Crab Orchard
Drove alone	82.0%	70.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	12.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	15.2%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beckley	Crab Orchard
1-unit, detached	75.5%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Beckley	Crab Orchard
Poverty rate	27.0%	19.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1958	1971