Bud vs Kopperston

A side-by-side comparison of Bud and Kopperston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kopperston has the higher population (717 vs 263 in Bud). Bud has the higher median home value ($52,300 vs $45,800 in Kopperston). Since 2019, Kopperston's population has grown faster (+60.8% vs -28.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bud	Kopperston
Population	263	717
Median age	53.5 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$22,500
Median home value	$52,300	$45,800
Housing units	139	323
Homeownership rate	41.8%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bud	Kopperston
Population	367 → 263 (-28.3%)	446 → 717 (+60.8%)
Median household income	$32,113 → $12,326 (-61.6%)	$55,156 → $22,500 (-59.2%)
Median home value	$17,600 → $52,300 (+197.2%)	$41,000 → $45,800 (+11.7%)

Bud

Population

367263

Median household income

$32,113$12,326

Median home value

$17,600$52,300

Kopperston

Population

446717

Median household income

$55,156$22,500

Median home value

$41,000$45,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bud	Kopperston
Under 5	0.0%	13.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	37.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	7.6%	32.9%
65 to 74	22.1%	11.6%
75 and over	9.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bud	Kopperston
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	93.0%
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	3.8%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bud	Kopperston
No high school diploma	14.0%	57.3%
High school graduate	70.7%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bud	Kopperston
Drove alone	71.9%	72.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.1%	27.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bud	Kopperston
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bud	Kopperston
Poverty rate	27.0%	84.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1956	1938