Friendly vs Middlebourne

A side-by-side comparison of Friendly and Middlebourne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Middlebourne has the higher population (895 vs 116 in Friendly). Middlebourne has the higher median household income ($62,083 vs $55,833 in Friendly). Middlebourne has the higher median home value ($117,100 vs $102,100 in Friendly).

Population, income & housing

	Friendly	Middlebourne
Population	116	895
Median age	45.2 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,833	$62,083
Median home value	$102,100	$117,100
Median gross rent	$1,042	$518
Housing units	62	442
Homeownership rate	81.8%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendly	Middlebourne
Population	132 → 116 (-12.1%)	656 → 895 (+36.4%)
Median household income	$23,542 → $55,833 (+137.2%)	$39,125 → $62,083 (+58.7%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $102,100 (+65.5%)	$90,600 → $117,100 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$440 → $1,042 (+136.8%)	$481 → $518 (+7.7%)

Friendly

Population

132116

Median household income

$23,542$55,833

Median home value

$61,700$102,100

Median gross rent

$440$1,042

Middlebourne

Population

656895

Median household income

$39,125$62,083

Median home value

$90,600$117,100

Median gross rent

$481$518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friendly	Middlebourne
Under 5	12.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	1.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	19.8%	7.6%
35 to 44	1.7%	7.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	17.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	15.0%
75 and over	14.7%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendly	Middlebourne
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	95.5%
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	3.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendly	Middlebourne
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	61.9%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendly	Middlebourne
Drove alone	84.6%	89.6%
Carpooled	7.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendly	Middlebourne
1-unit, detached	88.7%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Friendly	Middlebourne
Poverty rate	27.6%	18.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1950	1967