Coal City vs Sprague

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

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

Coal City has the higher population (1,236 vs 971 in Sprague). Sprague has the higher median household income ($59,643 vs $23,750 in Coal City). Since 2019, Sprague's population has grown faster (+1.1% vs -28.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Coal City	Sprague
Population	1,236	971
Median age	57.2 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$23,750	$59,643
Median home value	—	$108,900
Median gross rent	$453	—
Housing units	821	416
Homeownership rate	71.9%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal City	Sprague
Population	1,725 → 1,236 (-28.3%)	960 → 971 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$29,428 → $23,750 (-19.3%)	$51,620 → $59,643 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $71,900 (-8.3%)	$94,700 → $108,900 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$383 → $453 (+18.3%)	$1,068 → $568 (-46.8%)

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

Sprague

Population

960971

Median household income

$51,620$59,643

Median home value

$94,700$108,900

Median gross rent

$1,068$568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal City	Sprague
Under 5	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	2.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	5.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	8.1%
45 to 54	16.0%	25.2%
55 to 64	17.5%	23.6%
65 to 74	13.0%	24.3%
75 and over	20.1%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal City	Sprague
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.4%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal City	Sprague
No high school diploma	31.4%	29.3%
High school graduate	50.3%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal City	Sprague
Drove alone	100.0%	77.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal City	Sprague
1-unit, detached	58.2%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.1%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Coal City	Sprague
Poverty rate	11.7%	26.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	—	14
Median year structure built	1981	1966