Pennsboro vs Pullman

A side-by-side comparison of Pennsboro and Pullman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pennsboro has the higher population (1,227 vs 305 in Pullman). Pullman has the higher median household income ($51,908 vs $51,348 in Pennsboro). Pullman has the higher median home value ($81,700 vs $78,000 in Pennsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Pennsboro	Pullman
Population	1,227	305
Median age	36.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,348	$51,908
Median home value	$78,000	$81,700
Median gross rent	$822	—
Housing units	525	92
Homeownership rate	82.0%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennsboro	Pullman
Population	1,076 → 1,227 (+14.0%)	156 → 305 (+95.5%)
Median household income	$41,786 → $51,348 (+22.9%)	$35,625 → $51,908 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$56,500 → $78,000 (+38.1%)	$59,000 → $81,700 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $822 (+23.2%)	—

Pennsboro

Population

1,0761,227

Median household income

$41,786$51,348

Median home value

$56,500$78,000

Median gross rent

$667$822

Pullman

Population

156305

Median household income

$35,625$51,908

Median home value

$59,000$81,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pennsboro	Pullman
Under 5	7.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	7.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	2.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	47.2%
45 to 54	7.8%	3.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	2.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.8%
75 and over	9.4%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennsboro	Pullman
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennsboro	Pullman
No high school diploma	25.4%	54.3%
High school graduate	38.0%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	2.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennsboro	Pullman
Drove alone	69.8%	55.3%
Carpooled	24.5%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	40.8%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennsboro	Pullman
1-unit, detached	76.6%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	44.6%

Poverty & households

	Pennsboro	Pullman
Poverty rate	16.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.79	3.59
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1949	1978