Kenova vs Prichard

A side-by-side comparison of Kenova and Prichard: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kenova has the higher population (2,977 vs 434 in Prichard). Prichard has the higher median household income ($90,795 vs $53,438 in Kenova). Kenova has the higher median home value ($98,700 vs $94,000 in Prichard).

Population, income & housing

	Kenova	Prichard
Population	2,977	434
Median age	51.9 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,438	$90,795
Median home value	$98,700	$94,000
Median gross rent	$780	—
Housing units	1,528	219
Homeownership rate	52.3%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenova	Prichard
Population	3,027 → 2,977 (-1.7%)	294 → 434 (+47.6%)
Median household income	$34,332 → $53,438 (+55.7%)	$75,375 → $90,795 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$71,300 → $98,700 (+38.4%)	$78,200 → $94,000 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $780 (+24.2%)	—

Kenova

Population

3,0272,977

Median household income

$34,332$53,438

Median home value

$71,300$98,700

Median gross rent

$628$780

Prichard

Population

294434

Median household income

$75,375$90,795

Median home value

$78,200$94,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenova	Prichard
Under 5	4.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	5.1%	1.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.6%	7.4%
35 to 44	6.8%	16.8%
45 to 54	9.1%	44.2%
55 to 64	16.2%	6.9%
65 to 74	18.2%	16.6%
75 and over	12.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenova	Prichard
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	97.9%
Black or African American	4.3%	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	6.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenova	Prichard
No high school diploma	6.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	50.7%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenova	Prichard
Drove alone	40.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	0.0%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	44.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenova	Prichard
1-unit, detached	71.5%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Kenova	Prichard
Poverty rate	10.4%	25.1%
Average household size	2.04	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	7	36
Median year structure built	1956	1958