Hendricks vs Thomas

A side-by-side comparison of Hendricks and Thomas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thomas has the higher population (614 vs 391 in Hendricks). Thomas has the higher median household income ($55,500 vs $50,938 in Hendricks). Thomas has the higher median home value ($158,900 vs $126,900 in Hendricks).

Population, income & housing

	Hendricks	Thomas
Population	391	614
Median age	51.2 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,938	$55,500
Median home value	$126,900	$158,900
Median gross rent	$675	$818
Housing units	189	300
Homeownership rate	90.9%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	20.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hendricks	Thomas
Population	315 → 391 (+24.1%)	548 → 614 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$42,955 → $50,938 (+18.6%)	$38,750 → $55,500 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $126,900 (+37.2%)	$91,100 → $158,900 (+74.4%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $675 (+0.6%)	$554 → $818 (+47.7%)

Hendricks

Population

315391

Median household income

$42,955$50,938

Median home value

$92,500$126,900

Median gross rent

$671$675

Thomas

Population

548614

Median household income

$38,750$55,500

Median home value

$91,100$158,900

Median gross rent

$554$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hendricks	Thomas
Under 5	8.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	9.5%	10.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	5.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	23.3%
75 and over	21.5%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hendricks	Thomas
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hendricks	Thomas
No high school diploma	17.6%	10.1%
High school graduate	53.0%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hendricks	Thomas
Drove alone	77.0%	61.1%
Carpooled	15.6%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	18.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hendricks	Thomas
1-unit, detached	91.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Hendricks	Thomas
Poverty rate	9.0%	17.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1938	1938