Cabell County vs Kanawha County

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

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

Kanawha County has the higher population (178,198 vs 93,300 in Cabell County). Kanawha County has the higher median household income ($58,887 vs $52,828 in Cabell County). Cabell County has the higher median home value ($156,100 vs $135,000 in Kanawha County).

Population, income & housing

	Cabell County	Kanawha County
Population	93,300	178,198
Median age	39.3 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,828	$58,887
Median home value	$156,100	$135,000
Median gross rent	$877	$879
Housing units	46,084	90,388
Homeownership rate	63.5%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cabell County	Kanawha County
Population	94,339 → 93,300 (-1.1%)	183,279 → 178,198 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$40,028 → $52,828 (+32.0%)	$46,639 → $58,887 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$124,500 → $156,100 (+25.4%)	$112,500 → $135,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $877 (+17.2%)	$747 → $879 (+17.7%)

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

Kanawha County

Population

183,279178,198

Median household income

$46,639$58,887

Median home value

$112,500$135,000

Median gross rent

$747$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cabell County	Kanawha County
Under 5	5.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	13.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.1%
75 and over	8.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cabell County	Kanawha County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	86.2%
Black or African American	4.1%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cabell County	Kanawha County
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	30.3%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cabell County	Kanawha County
Drove alone	77.8%	77.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.8%	1.7%
Walked	2.8%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.3%
Other means	1.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cabell County	Kanawha County
1-unit, detached	65.3%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	5.7%
20 or more units	5.4%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Cabell County	Kanawha County
Poverty rate	19.8%	16.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1969	1966