Friendly vs Sistersville

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

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

Sistersville has the higher population (1,340 vs 116 in Friendly). Friendly has the higher median household income ($55,833 vs $46,875 in Sistersville). Friendly has the higher median home value ($102,100 vs $95,800 in Sistersville).

Population, income & housing

	Friendly	Sistersville
Population	116	1,340
Median age	45.2 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,833	$46,875
Median home value	$102,100	$95,800
Median gross rent	$1,042	$713
Housing units	62	725
Homeownership rate	81.8%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendly	Sistersville
Population	132 → 116 (-12.1%)	1,284 → 1,340 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$23,542 → $55,833 (+137.2%)	$39,722 → $46,875 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $102,100 (+65.5%)	$84,500 → $95,800 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$440 → $1,042 (+136.8%)	$450 → $713 (+58.4%)

Friendly

Population

132116

Median household income

$23,542$55,833

Median home value

$61,700$102,100

Median gross rent

$440$1,042

Sistersville

Population

1,2841,340

Median household income

$39,722$46,875

Median home value

$84,500$95,800

Median gross rent

$450$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friendly	Sistersville
Under 5	12.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	1.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	19.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	1.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	17.2%	21.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.7%
75 and over	14.7%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendly	Sistersville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.1%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendly	Sistersville
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	61.9%	53.8%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendly	Sistersville
Drove alone	84.6%	60.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	7.7%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	9.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendly	Sistersville
1-unit, detached	88.7%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Friendly	Sistersville
Poverty rate	27.6%	31.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1950	1938