Norton vs Womelsdorf (Coalton)

A side-by-side comparison of Norton and Womelsdorf (Coalton): population, income, housing, and more.

Norton and Womelsdorf (Coalton) are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Womelsdorf (Coalton) has the higher population (233 vs 205 in Norton). Womelsdorf (Coalton) has the higher median household income ($56,771 vs $23,967 in Norton). Womelsdorf (Coalton) has the higher median home value ($97,500 vs $92,300 in Norton).

Population, income & housing

	Norton	Womelsdorf (Coalton)
Population	205	233
Median age	68.5 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$23,967	$56,771
Median home value	$92,300	$97,500
Housing units	167	108
Homeownership rate	100.0%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norton	Womelsdorf (Coalton)
Population	266 → 205 (-22.9%)	297 → 233 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$37,031 → $23,967 (-35.3%)	$50,000 → $56,771 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $92,300 (+1.3%)	$80,800 → $97,500 (+20.7%)

Norton

Population

266205

Median household income

$37,031$23,967

Median home value

$91,100$92,300

Womelsdorf (Coalton)

Population

297233

Median household income

$50,000$56,771

Median home value

$80,800$97,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norton	Womelsdorf (Coalton)
Under 5	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.2%
45 to 54	7.3%	29.2%
55 to 64	18.5%	18.9%
65 to 74	25.9%	12.4%
75 and over	41.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norton	Womelsdorf (Coalton)
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norton	Womelsdorf (Coalton)
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.9%
High school graduate	76.8%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	6.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norton	Womelsdorf (Coalton)
Drove alone	100.0%	82.8%
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%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	12.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norton	Womelsdorf (Coalton)
1-unit, detached	85.0%	73.1%
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%	26.9%

Poverty & households

	Norton	Womelsdorf (Coalton)
Poverty rate	13.2%	1.7%
Average household size	1.69	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1938	1982