Cabell County vs Monongalia County

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

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

Monongalia County has the higher population (106,520 vs 93,300 in Cabell County). Monongalia County has the higher median household income ($62,704 vs $52,828 in Cabell County). Monongalia County has the higher median home value ($254,200 vs $156,100 in Cabell County).

Population, income & housing

	Cabell County	Monongalia County
Population	93,300	106,520
Median age	39.3 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,828	$62,704
Median home value	$156,100	$254,200
Median gross rent	$877	$943
Housing units	46,084	49,795
Homeownership rate	63.5%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cabell County	Monongalia County
Population	94,339 → 93,300 (-1.1%)	105,474 → 106,520 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$40,028 → $52,828 (+32.0%)	$52,455 → $62,704 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$124,500 → $156,100 (+25.4%)	$204,400 → $254,200 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $877 (+17.2%)	$834 → $943 (+13.1%)

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

Monongalia County

Population

105,474106,520

Median household income

$52,455$62,704

Median home value

$204,400$254,200

Median gross rent

$834$943

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cabell County	Monongalia County
Under 5	5.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	11.7%
18 to 24	13.6%	21.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.3%
75 and over	8.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cabell County	Monongalia County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	86.2%
Black or African American	4.1%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cabell County	Monongalia County
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	30.3%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	26.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cabell County	Monongalia County
Drove alone	77.8%	72.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.8%	1.3%
Walked	2.8%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.6%	11.7%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cabell County	Monongalia County
1-unit, detached	65.3%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	14.5%
20 or more units	5.4%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Cabell County	Monongalia County
Poverty rate	19.8%	20.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1969	1988