Parkersburg vs Vienna

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

Parkersburg and Vienna 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 10,575 in Vienna). Vienna has the higher median household income ($65,211 vs $44,675 in Parkersburg). Vienna has the higher median home value ($155,500 vs $113,900 in Parkersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Parkersburg	Vienna
Population	29,461	10,575
Median age	41.9 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,675	$65,211
Median home value	$113,900	$155,500
Median gross rent	$746	$837
Housing units	15,234	5,065
Homeownership rate	63.6%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkersburg	Vienna
Population	30,021 → 29,461 (-1.9%)	10,348 → 10,575 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$35,778 → $44,675 (+24.9%)	$55,562 → $65,211 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $113,900 (+25.0%)	$134,900 → $155,500 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $746 (+10.7%)	$657 → $837 (+27.4%)

Parkersburg

Population

30,02129,461

Median household income

$35,778$44,675

Median home value

$91,100$113,900

Median gross rent

$674$746

Vienna

Population

10,34810,575

Median household income

$55,562$65,211

Median home value

$134,900$155,500

Median gross rent

$657$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parkersburg	Vienna
Under 5	4.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.3%
75 and over	8.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkersburg	Vienna
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	89.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkersburg	Vienna
No high school diploma	14.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	38.1%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkersburg	Vienna
Drove alone	71.4%	84.9%
Carpooled	11.2%	4.1%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.7%	8.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkersburg	Vienna
1-unit, detached	73.7%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Parkersburg	Vienna
Poverty rate	23.0%	8.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1955	1966