Barbour County vs Taylor County

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

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

Taylor County has the higher population (16,543 vs 15,454 in Barbour County). Taylor County has the higher median household income ($56,807 vs $48,347 in Barbour County). Taylor County has the higher median home value ($144,000 vs $126,000 in Barbour County).

Population, income & housing

	Barbour County	Taylor County
Population	15,454	16,543
Median age	42.4 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,347	$56,807
Median home value	$126,000	$144,000
Median gross rent	$803	$672
Housing units	7,131	7,440
Homeownership rate	79.3%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barbour County	Taylor County
Population	16,633 → 15,454 (-7.1%)	16,864 → 16,543 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$38,459 → $48,347 (+25.7%)	$48,578 → $56,807 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $126,000 (+14.2%)	$107,000 → $144,000 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $803 (+46.3%)	$652 → $672 (+3.1%)

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

Taylor County

Population

16,86416,543

Median household income

$48,578$56,807

Median home value

$107,000$144,000

Median gross rent

$652$672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barbour County	Taylor County
Under 5	4.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	11.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.7%
75 and over	8.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barbour County	Taylor County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	95.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barbour County	Taylor County
No high school diploma	11.4%	13.6%
High school graduate	53.4%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barbour County	Taylor County
Drove alone	82.6%	76.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	6.2%
Other means	2.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barbour County	Taylor County
1-unit, detached	74.2%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Barbour County	Taylor County
Poverty rate	20.8%	14.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1975	1979