Norton vs Valley Head

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

Norton 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.

Norton has the higher population (205 vs 107 in Valley Head). Norton has the higher median home value ($92,300 vs $74,400 in Valley Head). Since 2019, Norton's population has grown faster (-22.9% vs -40.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Norton	Valley Head
Population	205	107
Median age	68.5 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$23,967	—
Median home value	$92,300	$74,400
Housing units	167	100
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norton	Valley Head
Population	266 → 205 (-22.9%)	181 → 107 (-40.9%)
Median household income	$37,031 → $23,967 (-35.3%)	—
Median home value	$91,100 → $92,300 (+1.3%)	$33,500 → $74,400 (+122.1%)

Norton

Population

266205

Median household income

$37,031$23,967

Median home value

$91,100$92,300

Valley Head

Population

181107

Median home value

$33,500$74,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norton	Valley Head
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.3%	54.2%
55 to 64	18.5%	15.0%
65 to 74	25.9%	21.5%
75 and over	41.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norton	Valley Head
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	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	11.7%	15.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norton	Valley Head
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.0%
High school graduate	76.8%	59.8%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norton	Valley Head
Drove alone	100.0%	61.8%
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%	38.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norton	Valley Head
1-unit, detached	85.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Norton	Valley Head
Poverty rate	13.2%	0.0%
Average household size	1.69	1.23
Median year structure built	1938	1968