Cabell County vs Wood County

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

Cabell County and Wood 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 83,829 in Wood County). Wood County has the higher median household income ($56,193 vs $52,828 in Cabell County). Cabell County has the higher median home value ($156,100 vs $153,700 in Wood County).

Population, income & housing

	Cabell County	Wood County
Population	93,300	83,829
Median age	39.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,828	$56,193
Median home value	$156,100	$153,700
Median gross rent	$877	$789
Housing units	46,084	40,296
Homeownership rate	63.5%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cabell County	Wood County
Population	94,339 → 93,300 (-1.1%)	84,960 → 83,829 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$40,028 → $52,828 (+32.0%)	$47,321 → $56,193 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$124,500 → $156,100 (+25.4%)	$124,200 → $153,700 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$748 → $877 (+17.2%)	$713 → $789 (+10.7%)

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

Wood County

Population

84,96083,829

Median household income

$47,321$56,193

Median home value

$124,200$153,700

Median gross rent

$713$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cabell County	Wood County
Under 5	5.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	13.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.3%
75 and over	8.4%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cabell County	Wood County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	94.0%
Black or African American	4.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cabell County	Wood County
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	30.3%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cabell County	Wood County
Drove alone	77.8%	79.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.7%
Walked	2.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cabell County	Wood County
1-unit, detached	65.3%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	5.5%
20 or more units	5.4%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Cabell County	Wood County
Poverty rate	19.8%	14.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1969	1969