New Martinsville vs Reader

A side-by-side comparison of New Martinsville and Reader: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Martinsville has the higher population (5,175 vs 229 in Reader). Reader has the higher median household income ($61,815 vs $51,226 in New Martinsville). New Martinsville has the higher median home value ($112,600 vs $89,600 in Reader).

Population, income & housing

	New Martinsville	Reader
Population	5,175	229
Median age	44.2 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,226	$61,815
Median home value	$112,600	$89,600
Median gross rent	$718	—
Housing units	2,418	151
Homeownership rate	75.7%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Martinsville	Reader
Population	5,162 → 5,175 (+0.3%)	336 → 229 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$43,953 → $51,226 (+16.5%)	$30,938 → $61,815 (+99.8%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $112,600 (+17.3%)	$113,900 → $89,600 (-21.3%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $718 (-1.8%)	—

New Martinsville

Population

5,1625,175

Median household income

$43,953$51,226

Median home value

$96,000$112,600

Median gross rent

$731$718

Reader

Population

336229

Median household income

$30,938$61,815

Median home value

$113,900$89,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Martinsville	Reader
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	22.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	26.6%
75 and over	10.0%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Martinsville	Reader
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Martinsville	Reader
No high school diploma	6.5%	20.9%
High school graduate	46.5%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Martinsville	Reader
Drove alone	83.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Martinsville	Reader
1-unit, detached	68.6%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	New Martinsville	Reader
Poverty rate	18.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.38	1.52
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1963	1966