Auburn vs Harrisville

A side-by-side comparison of Auburn and Harrisville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harrisville has the higher population (1,408 vs 90 in Auburn). Harrisville has the higher median household income ($45,988 vs $21,875 in Auburn). Since 2019, Auburn's population has grown faster (-18.2% vs -33.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Harrisville
Population	90	1,408
Median age	50.3 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$21,875	$45,988
Median home value	—	$115,000
Median gross rent	—	$661
Housing units	34	728
Homeownership rate	46.2%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Harrisville
Population	110 → 90 (-18.2%)	2,111 → 1,408 (-33.3%)
Median household income	$22,500 → $21,875 (-2.8%)	$34,745 → $45,988 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$41,700 → $36,300 (-12.9%)	$88,400 → $115,000 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $705 (+36.4%)	$657 → $661 (+0.6%)

Auburn

Population

11090

Median household income

$22,500$21,875

Median home value

$41,700$36,300

Median gross rent

$517$705

Harrisville

Population

2,1111,408

Median household income

$34,745$45,988

Median home value

$88,400$115,000

Median gross rent

$657$661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Harrisville
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	43.3%	18.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	5.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	18.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	16.7%	12.1%
75 and over	2.2%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Harrisville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Harrisville
No high school diploma	27.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	51.0%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	7.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Harrisville
Drove alone	100.0%	78.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Harrisville
1-unit, detached	73.5%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Harrisville
Poverty rate	71.1%	27.7%
Average household size	3.46	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	48	26
Median year structure built	1938	1969