Jacksonburg vs Paden City

A side-by-side comparison of Jacksonburg and Paden City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paden City has the higher population (2,529 vs 106 in Jacksonburg). Since 2019, Jacksonburg's population has grown faster (+65.6% vs -18.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonburg	Paden City
Population	106	2,529
Median age	23.7 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,871
Median home value	—	$102,100
Median gross rent	—	$830
Housing units	16	1,193
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonburg	Paden City
Population	64 → 106 (+65.6%)	3,089 → 2,529 (-18.1%)
Median household income	—	$47,563 → $53,871 (+13.3%)
Median home value	—	$84,800 → $102,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$813 → $830 (+2.1%)

Jacksonburg

Population

64106

Paden City

Population

3,0892,529

Median household income

$47,563$53,871

Median home value

$84,800$102,100

Median gross rent

$813$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonburg	Paden City
Under 5	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	67.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	6.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	7.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	18.9%	9.6%
75 and over	0.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonburg	Paden City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	98.1%
Black or African American	10.4%	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	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonburg	Paden City
No high school diploma	31.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	68.6%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonburg	Paden City
Drove alone	75.0%	81.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonburg	Paden City
1-unit, detached	0.0%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	100.0%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonburg	Paden City
Poverty rate	41.7%	11.7%
Average household size	3.00	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	—	1957