Barbour County vs Lewis County

A side-by-side comparison of Barbour County and Lewis County: population, income, housing, and more.

Barbour County and Lewis County are counties in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lewis County has the higher population (16,808 vs 15,454 in Barbour County). Lewis County has the higher median household income ($52,279 vs $48,347 in Barbour County). Lewis County has the higher median home value ($135,800 vs $126,000 in Barbour County).

Population, income & housing

	Barbour County	Lewis County
Population	15,454	16,808
Median age	42.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,347	$52,279
Median home value	$126,000	$135,800
Median gross rent	$803	$737
Housing units	7,131	8,188
Homeownership rate	79.3%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barbour County	Lewis County
Population	16,633 → 15,454 (-7.1%)	16,166 → 16,808 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$38,459 → $48,347 (+25.7%)	$39,908 → $52,279 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $126,000 (+14.2%)	$104,200 → $135,800 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $803 (+46.3%)	$648 → $737 (+13.7%)

Barbour County

Population

16,63315,454

Median household income

$38,459$48,347

Median home value

$110,300$126,000

Median gross rent

$549$803

Lewis County

Population

16,16616,808

Median household income

$39,908$52,279

Median home value

$104,200$135,800

Median gross rent

$648$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barbour County	Lewis County
Under 5	4.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	11.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.7%
75 and over	8.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barbour County	Lewis County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	91.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.2%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barbour County	Lewis County
No high school diploma	11.4%	11.6%
High school graduate	53.4%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barbour County	Lewis County
Drove alone	82.6%	78.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.8%
Other means	2.4%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barbour County	Lewis County
1-unit, detached	74.2%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Barbour County	Lewis County
Poverty rate	20.8%	19.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1975	1977