Prichard vs Wayne

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

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

Wayne has the higher population (1,433 vs 434 in Prichard). Prichard has the higher median household income ($90,795 vs $31,797 in Wayne). Prichard has the higher median home value ($94,000 vs $74,200 in Wayne).

Population, income & housing

	Prichard	Wayne
Population	434	1,433
Median age	50.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,795	$31,797
Median home value	$94,000	$74,200
Median gross rent	—	$732
Housing units	219	730
Homeownership rate	59.4%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prichard	Wayne
Population	294 → 434 (+47.6%)	1,207 → 1,433 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$75,375 → $90,795 (+20.5%)	$21,648 → $31,797 (+46.9%)
Median home value	$78,200 → $94,000 (+20.2%)	$81,700 → $74,200 (-9.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$671 → $732 (+9.1%)

Prichard

Population

294434

Median household income

$75,375$90,795

Median home value

$78,200$94,000

Wayne

Population

1,2071,433

Median household income

$21,648$31,797

Median home value

$81,700$74,200

Median gross rent

$671$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prichard	Wayne
Under 5	6.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	1.2%	24.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	8.5%
35 to 44	16.8%	17.4%
45 to 54	44.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	6.9%	9.2%
65 to 74	16.6%	11.7%
75 and over	0.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prichard	Wayne
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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	2.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prichard	Wayne
No high school diploma	8.3%	23.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	54.0%
Some college or associate's	43.9%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prichard	Wayne
Drove alone	100.0%	92.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prichard	Wayne
1-unit, detached	71.2%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Prichard	Wayne
Poverty rate	25.1%	24.2%
Average household size	1.98	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	36	22
Median year structure built	1958	1975