Kanawha vs North Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Kanawha and North Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Hills has the higher population (971 vs 130 in Kanawha). North Hills has the higher median household income ($143,125 vs $65,469 in Kanawha). North Hills has the higher median home value ($254,700 vs $195,800 in Kanawha).

Population, income & housing

	Kanawha	North Hills
Population	130	971
Median age	60.4 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,469	$143,125
Median home value	$195,800	$254,700
Housing units	83	309
Homeownership rate	100.0%	97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kanawha	North Hills
Population	594 → 130 (-78.1%)	938 → 971 (+3.5%)
Median household income	—	$113,500 → $143,125 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$210,700 → $195,800 (-7.1%)	$210,300 → $254,700 (+21.1%)

Kanawha

Population

594130

Median home value

$210,700$195,800

North Hills

Population

938971

Median household income

$113,500$143,125

Median home value

$210,300$254,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kanawha	North Hills
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	5.4%	32.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	3.8%	5.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	30.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	19.2%	8.3%
75 and over	19.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kanawha	North Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kanawha	North Hills
No high school diploma	4.1%	1.9%
High school graduate	48.0%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	22.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kanawha	North Hills
Drove alone	68.2%	77.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	31.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kanawha	North Hills
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
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	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Kanawha	North Hills
Poverty rate	3.1%	9.9%
Average household size	1.81	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1984	1975