Huttonsville vs Valley Head

A side-by-side comparison of Huttonsville and Valley Head: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huttonsville has the higher population (156 vs 107 in Valley Head). Since 2019, Huttonsville's population has grown faster (-34.2% vs -40.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Huttonsville	Valley Head
Population	156	107
Median age	45.3 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median home value	—	$74,400
Housing units	59	100
Homeownership rate	81.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huttonsville	Valley Head
Population	237 → 156 (-34.2%)	181 → 107 (-40.9%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $43,333 (+19.5%)	—
Median home value	$75,000 → $66,300 (-11.6%)	$33,500 → $74,400 (+122.1%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $900 (+24.7%)	—

Huttonsville

Population

237156

Median household income

$36,250$43,333

Median home value

$75,000$66,300

Median gross rent

$722$900

Valley Head

Population

181107

Median home value

$33,500$74,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huttonsville	Valley Head
Under 5	12.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	16.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	9.3%
35 to 44	7.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	27.6%	54.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	2.6%	21.5%
75 and over	4.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huttonsville	Valley Head
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	85.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	15.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huttonsville	Valley Head
No high school diploma	4.8%	15.0%
High school graduate	62.5%	59.8%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huttonsville	Valley Head
Drove alone	88.8%	61.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	38.2%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huttonsville	Valley Head
1-unit, detached	57.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Huttonsville	Valley Head
Poverty rate	12.8%	0.0%
Average household size	3.25	1.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1985	1968