Calhoun County vs Pleasants County

A side-by-side comparison of Calhoun County and Pleasants County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pleasants County has the higher population (7,572 vs 6,158 in Calhoun County). Pleasants County has the higher median household income ($61,038 vs $41,421 in Calhoun County). Pleasants County has the higher median home value ($129,300 vs $111,200 in Calhoun County).

Population, income & housing

	Calhoun County	Pleasants County
Population	6,158	7,572
Median age	48.1 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,421	$61,038
Median home value	$111,200	$129,300
Median gross rent	$483	$700
Housing units	3,199	3,218
Homeownership rate	82.4%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhoun County	Pleasants County
Population	7,295 → 6,158 (-15.6%)	7,482 → 7,572 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$38,382 → $41,421 (+7.9%)	$56,838 → $61,038 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $111,200 (+33.2%)	$106,600 → $129,300 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $483 (-20.9%)	$572 → $700 (+22.4%)

Calhoun County

Population

7,2956,158

Median household income

$38,382$41,421

Median home value

$83,500$111,200

Median gross rent

$611$483

Pleasants County

Population

7,4827,572

Median household income

$56,838$61,038

Median home value

$106,600$129,300

Median gross rent

$572$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calhoun County	Pleasants County
Under 5	4.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	16.1%	11.0%
75 and over	10.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhoun County	Pleasants County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhoun County	Pleasants County
No high school diploma	14.1%	11.9%
High school graduate	55.2%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhoun County	Pleasants County
Drove alone	91.6%	81.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	10.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhoun County	Pleasants County
1-unit, detached	70.5%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	26.9%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Calhoun County	Pleasants County
Poverty rate	33.4%	8.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	38	29
Median year structure built	1974	1975