Coal City vs Stanaford

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

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

Stanaford has the higher population (1,327 vs 1,236 in Coal City). Stanaford has the higher median household income ($46,944 vs $23,750 in Coal City). Since 2019, Stanaford's population has grown faster (+47.3% vs -28.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Coal City	Stanaford
Population	1,236	1,327
Median age	57.2 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$23,750	$46,944
Median home value	—	$154,700
Median gross rent	$453	$873
Housing units	821	575
Homeownership rate	71.9%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal City	Stanaford
Population	1,725 → 1,236 (-28.3%)	901 → 1,327 (+47.3%)
Median household income	$29,428 → $23,750 (-19.3%)	$44,074 → $46,944 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $71,900 (-8.3%)	$106,400 → $154,700 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$383 → $453 (+18.3%)	$724 → $873 (+20.6%)

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

Stanaford

Population

9011,327

Median household income

$44,074$46,944

Median home value

$106,400$154,700

Median gross rent

$724$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal City	Stanaford
Under 5	11.2%	2.9%
5 to 17	4.0%	26.8%
18 to 24	2.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	6.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	8.2%
45 to 54	16.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	17.5%	8.9%
65 to 74	13.0%	30.1%
75 and over	20.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal City	Stanaford
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal City	Stanaford
No high school diploma	31.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	50.3%	55.8%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal City	Stanaford
Drove alone	100.0%	83.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal City	Stanaford
1-unit, detached	58.2%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.1%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Coal City	Stanaford
Poverty rate	11.7%	32.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1981	1970