Hinkleville vs Rock Cave

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

Hinkleville 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.

Rock Cave has the higher population (364 vs 317 in Hinkleville). Hinkleville has the higher median household income ($51,716 vs $50,481 in Rock Cave). Since 2019, Rock Cave's population has grown faster (-5.7% vs -24.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Hinkleville	Rock Cave
Population	317	364
Median age	40.8 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,716	$50,481
Median home value	—	$215,200
Housing units	112	223
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hinkleville	Rock Cave
Population	419 → 317 (-24.3%)	386 → 364 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$73,080 → $51,716 (-29.2%)	$30,333 → $50,481 (+66.4%)
Median home value	$155,400 → $185,800 (+19.6%)	$200,000 → $215,200 (+7.6%)

Hinkleville

Population

419317

Median household income

$73,080$51,716

Median home value

$155,400$185,800

Rock Cave

Population

386364

Median household income

$30,333$50,481

Median home value

$200,000$215,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hinkleville	Rock Cave
Under 5	1.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	11.4%	7.1%
18 to 24	25.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.5%	20.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	21.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	3.2%	10.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	32.1%
75 and over	8.5%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hinkleville	Rock Cave
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	100.0%
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	12.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hinkleville	Rock Cave
No high school diploma	14.0%	14.6%
High school graduate	46.1%	56.2%
Some college or associate's	14.0%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hinkleville	Rock Cave
Drove alone	100.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hinkleville	Rock Cave
1-unit, detached	45.5%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	54.5%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Hinkleville	Rock Cave
Poverty rate	15.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.83	2.15
Median year structure built	1993	1983