Buckhannon vs Rock Cave

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

Buckhannon and Rock Cave 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 364 in Rock Cave). Rock Cave has the higher median household income ($50,481 vs $48,720 in Buckhannon). Rock Cave has the higher median home value ($215,200 vs $152,000 in Buckhannon).

Population, income & housing

	Buckhannon	Rock Cave
Population	5,144	364
Median age	32.6 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,720	$50,481
Median home value	$152,000	$215,200
Median gross rent	$800	—
Housing units	2,217	223
Homeownership rate	62.4%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckhannon	Rock Cave
Population	5,486 → 5,144 (-6.2%)	386 → 364 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$39,709 → $48,720 (+22.7%)	$30,333 → $50,481 (+66.4%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $152,000 (+13.0%)	$200,000 → $215,200 (+7.6%)
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

Rock Cave

Population

386364

Median household income

$30,333$50,481

Median home value

$200,000$215,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckhannon	Rock Cave
Under 5	4.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	11.7%	7.1%
18 to 24	27.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	20.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	8.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	32.1%
75 and over	5.6%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckhannon	Rock Cave
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckhannon	Rock Cave
No high school diploma	10.6%	14.6%
High school graduate	42.1%	56.2%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckhannon	Rock Cave
Drove alone	61.9%	81.8%
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%	18.2%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckhannon	Rock Cave
1-unit, detached	80.8%	75.8%
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%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Buckhannon	Rock Cave
Poverty rate	24.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1955	1983