Crab Orchard vs Sophia

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

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

Crab Orchard has the higher population (1,877 vs 1,654 in Sophia). Crab Orchard has the higher median household income ($59,122 vs $34,498 in Sophia). Crab Orchard has the higher median home value ($208,000 vs $112,900 in Sophia).

Population, income & housing

	Crab Orchard	Sophia
Population	1,877	1,654
Median age	48.3 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,122	$34,498
Median home value	$208,000	$112,900
Median gross rent	—	$782
Housing units	942	788
Homeownership rate	88.2%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	21.8%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crab Orchard	Sophia
Population	2,579 → 1,877 (-27.2%)	1,109 → 1,654 (+49.1%)
Median household income	$42,827 → $59,122 (+38.0%)	$26,955 → $34,498 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$102,500 → $208,000 (+102.9%)	$76,000 → $112,900 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $581 (+8.4%)	$690 → $782 (+13.3%)

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

Sophia

Population

1,1091,654

Median household income

$26,955$34,498

Median home value

$76,000$112,900

Median gross rent

$690$782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crab Orchard	Sophia
Under 5	1.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	10.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	13.6%
25 to 34	6.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.5%	17.0%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.2%
75 and over	14.5%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crab Orchard	Sophia
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crab Orchard	Sophia
No high school diploma	18.2%	25.1%
High school graduate	46.0%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crab Orchard	Sophia
Drove alone	70.8%	86.7%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crab Orchard	Sophia
1-unit, detached	92.9%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Crab Orchard	Sophia
Poverty rate	19.7%	25.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1971	1969