Kanawha vs Washington

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

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

Washington has the higher population (1,129 vs 130 in Kanawha). Kanawha has the higher median household income ($65,469 vs $44,882 in Washington). Washington has the higher median home value ($207,500 vs $195,800 in Kanawha).

Population, income & housing

	Kanawha	Washington
Population	130	1,129
Median age	60.4 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,469	$44,882
Median home value	$195,800	$207,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,059
Housing units	83	634
Homeownership rate	100.0%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kanawha	Washington
Population	594 → 130 (-78.1%)	1,139 → 1,129 (-0.9%)
Median household income	—	$75,278 → $44,882 (-40.4%)
Median home value	$210,700 → $195,800 (-7.1%)	$167,100 → $207,500 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$987 → $1,059 (+7.3%)

Kanawha

Population

594130

Median home value

$210,700$195,800

Washington

Population

1,1391,129

Median household income

$75,278$44,882

Median home value

$167,100$207,500

Median gross rent

$987$1,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kanawha	Washington
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.4%	8.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	3.8%	7.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	30.8%	18.4%
65 to 74	19.2%	22.6%
75 and over	19.2%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kanawha	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kanawha	Washington
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	48.0%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kanawha	Washington
Drove alone	68.2%	72.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	31.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kanawha	Washington
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Kanawha	Washington
Poverty rate	3.1%	8.4%
Average household size	1.81	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1984	1989