Beckley vs Daniels

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

Beckley and Daniels 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 1,542 in Daniels). Daniels has the higher median household income ($52,100 vs $39,939 in Beckley). Daniels has the higher median home value ($182,100 vs $148,800 in Beckley).

Population, income & housing

	Beckley	Daniels
Population	16,977	1,542
Median age	39.0 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,939	$52,100
Median home value	$148,800	$182,100
Median gross rent	$867	—
Housing units	8,822	887
Homeownership rate	53.2%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beckley	Daniels
Population	16,452 → 16,977 (+3.2%)	1,869 → 1,542 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$39,455 → $39,939 (+1.2%)	$36,315 → $52,100 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $148,800 (+35.3%)	$117,200 → $182,100 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $867 (+26.6%)	$595 → $596 (+0.2%)

Beckley

Population

16,45216,977

Median household income

$39,455$39,939

Median home value

$110,000$148,800

Median gross rent

$685$867

Daniels

Population

1,8691,542

Median household income

$36,315$52,100

Median home value

$117,200$182,100

Median gross rent

$595$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beckley	Daniels
Under 5	6.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	9.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	14.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	19.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	12.5%
75 and over	7.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beckley	Daniels
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	98.6%
Black or African American	15.0%	1.4%
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%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beckley	Daniels
No high school diploma	10.3%	18.6%
High school graduate	31.6%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beckley	Daniels
Drove alone	82.0%	94.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	0.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	4.9%
Other means	3.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beckley	Daniels
1-unit, detached	75.5%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Beckley	Daniels
Poverty rate	27.0%	24.1%
Average household size	2.25	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1958	1976