Cabell County vs Harrison County

A side-by-side comparison of Cabell County and Harrison County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cabell County has the higher population (93,300 vs 65,407 in Harrison County). Harrison County has the higher median household income ($58,326 vs $52,828 in Cabell County). Harrison County has the higher median home value ($158,500 vs $156,100 in Cabell County).

Population, income & housing

	Cabell County	Harrison County
Population	93,300	65,407
Median age	39.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,828	$58,326
Median home value	$156,100	$158,500
Median gross rent	$877	$848
Housing units	46,084	30,537
Homeownership rate	63.5%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cabell County	Harrison County
Population	94,339 → 93,300 (-1.1%)	67,908 → 65,407 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$40,028 → $52,828 (+32.0%)	$53,022 → $58,326 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$124,500 → $156,100 (+25.4%)	$117,900 → $158,500 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $877 (+17.2%)	$767 → $848 (+10.6%)

Cabell County

Population

94,33993,300

Median household income

$40,028$52,828

Median home value

$124,500$156,100

Median gross rent

$748$877

Harrison County

Population

67,90865,407

Median household income

$53,022$58,326

Median home value

$117,900$158,500

Median gross rent

$767$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cabell County	Harrison County
Under 5	5.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	13.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.7%
75 and over	8.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cabell County	Harrison County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	92.3%
Black or African American	4.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cabell County	Harrison County
No high school diploma	10.0%	11.2%
High school graduate	30.3%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cabell County	Harrison County
Drove alone	77.8%	82.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.1%
Walked	2.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.6%	6.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cabell County	Harrison County
1-unit, detached	65.3%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	4.9%
20 or more units	5.4%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Cabell County	Harrison County
Poverty rate	19.8%	13.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1969	1963