Middlebourne vs Sistersville

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

Middlebourne 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 895 in Middlebourne). Middlebourne has the higher median household income ($62,083 vs $46,875 in Sistersville). Middlebourne has the higher median home value ($117,100 vs $95,800 in Sistersville).

Population, income & housing

	Middlebourne	Sistersville
Population	895	1,340
Median age	49.8 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,083	$46,875
Median home value	$117,100	$95,800
Median gross rent	$518	$713
Housing units	442	725
Homeownership rate	74.6%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middlebourne	Sistersville
Population	656 → 895 (+36.4%)	1,284 → 1,340 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$39,125 → $62,083 (+58.7%)	$39,722 → $46,875 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $117,100 (+29.2%)	$84,500 → $95,800 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$481 → $518 (+7.7%)	$450 → $713 (+58.4%)

Middlebourne

Population

656895

Median household income

$39,125$62,083

Median home value

$90,600$117,100

Median gross rent

$481$518

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)

	Middlebourne	Sistersville
Under 5	3.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	16.0%	21.3%
65 to 74	15.0%	10.7%
75 and over	11.5%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middlebourne	Sistersville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	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	2.6%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middlebourne	Sistersville
No high school diploma	7.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	39.5%	53.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middlebourne	Sistersville
Drove alone	89.6%	60.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.2%	12.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	9.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middlebourne	Sistersville
1-unit, detached	71.7%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Middlebourne	Sistersville
Poverty rate	18.5%	31.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1967	1938