Buckhannon vs Hinkleville

A side-by-side comparison of Buckhannon and Hinkleville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buckhannon has the higher population (5,144 vs 317 in Hinkleville). Hinkleville has the higher median household income ($51,716 vs $48,720 in Buckhannon). Since 2019, Buckhannon's population has grown faster (-6.2% vs -24.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Buckhannon	Hinkleville
Population	5,144	317
Median age	32.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,720	$51,716
Median home value	$152,000	—
Median gross rent	$800	—
Housing units	2,217	112
Homeownership rate	62.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckhannon	Hinkleville
Population	5,486 → 5,144 (-6.2%)	419 → 317 (-24.3%)
Median household income	$39,709 → $48,720 (+22.7%)	$73,080 → $51,716 (-29.2%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $152,000 (+13.0%)	$155,400 → $185,800 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $800 (+18.3%)	—

Buckhannon

Population

5,4865,144

Median household income

$39,709$48,720

Median home value

$134,500$152,000

Median gross rent

$676$800

Hinkleville

Population

419317

Median household income

$73,080$51,716

Median home value

$155,400$185,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckhannon	Hinkleville
Under 5	4.5%	1.9%
5 to 17	11.7%	11.4%
18 to 24	27.3%	25.9%
25 to 34	8.7%	2.5%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	8.2%	21.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	3.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.4%
75 and over	5.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckhannon	Hinkleville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	88.0%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	12.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckhannon	Hinkleville
No high school diploma	10.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckhannon	Hinkleville
Drove alone	61.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	0.0%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckhannon	Hinkleville
1-unit, detached	80.8%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	54.5%

Poverty & households

	Buckhannon	Hinkleville
Poverty rate	24.6%	15.1%
Average household size	2.07	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1955	1993