Mineralwells vs Parkersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Mineralwells and Parkersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parkersburg has the higher population (29,461 vs 2,489 in Mineralwells). Mineralwells has the higher median household income ($68,940 vs $44,675 in Parkersburg). Mineralwells has the higher median home value ($156,400 vs $113,900 in Parkersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Mineralwells	Parkersburg
Population	2,489	29,461
Median age	33.4 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,940	$44,675
Median home value	$156,400	$113,900
Median gross rent	$927	$746
Housing units	965	15,234
Homeownership rate	66.5%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineralwells	Parkersburg
Population	2,082 → 2,489 (+19.5%)	30,021 → 29,461 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$83,000 → $68,940 (-16.9%)	$35,778 → $44,675 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $156,400 (+2.2%)	$91,100 → $113,900 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $927 (+16.2%)	$674 → $746 (+10.7%)

Mineralwells

Population

2,0822,489

Median household income

$83,000$68,940

Median home value

$153,100$156,400

Median gross rent

$798$927

Parkersburg

Population

30,02129,461

Median household income

$35,778$44,675

Median home value

$91,100$113,900

Median gross rent

$674$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mineralwells	Parkersburg
Under 5	14.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	3.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	17.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	5.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.4%
75 and over	8.1%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineralwells	Parkersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineralwells	Parkersburg
No high school diploma	5.5%	14.5%
High school graduate	40.6%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineralwells	Parkersburg
Drove alone	85.9%	71.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.9%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineralwells	Parkersburg
1-unit, detached	68.8%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	7.6%
20 or more units	7.9%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Mineralwells	Parkersburg
Poverty rate	11.9%	23.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1978	1955