Coal City vs MacArthur

A side-by-side comparison of Coal City and MacArthur: population, income, housing, and more.

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

MacArthur has the higher population (1,287 vs 1,236 in Coal City). MacArthur has the higher median household income ($26,824 vs $23,750 in Coal City). Since 2019, MacArthur's population has grown faster (-23.4% vs -28.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Coal City	MacArthur
Population	1,236	1,287
Median age	57.2 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$23,750	$26,824
Median home value	—	$126,700
Median gross rent	$453	$791
Housing units	821	678
Homeownership rate	71.9%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal City	MacArthur
Population	1,725 → 1,236 (-28.3%)	1,680 → 1,287 (-23.4%)
Median household income	$29,428 → $23,750 (-19.3%)	$24,334 → $26,824 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $71,900 (-8.3%)	$117,800 → $126,700 (+7.6%)
Median gross rent	$383 → $453 (+18.3%)	$851 → $791 (-7.1%)

Coal City

Population

1,7251,236

Median household income

$29,428$23,750

Median home value

$78,400$71,900

Median gross rent

$383$453

MacArthur

Population

1,6801,287

Median household income

$24,334$26,824

Median home value

$117,800$126,700

Median gross rent

$851$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal City	MacArthur
Under 5	11.2%	1.5%
5 to 17	4.0%	10.6%
18 to 24	2.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	7.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	16.0%	18.5%
55 to 64	17.5%	5.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	26.5%
75 and over	20.1%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal City	MacArthur
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.7%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal City	MacArthur
No high school diploma	31.4%	15.9%
High school graduate	50.3%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal City	MacArthur
Drove alone	100.0%	92.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal City	MacArthur
1-unit, detached	58.2%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.1%	34.4%

Poverty & households

	Coal City	MacArthur
Poverty rate	11.7%	29.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1981	1966