Gilmer County vs Pocahontas County

A side-by-side comparison of Gilmer County and Pocahontas County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pocahontas County has the higher population (7,855 vs 7,376 in Gilmer County). Gilmer County has the higher median household income ($50,991 vs $41,200 in Pocahontas County). Pocahontas County has the higher median home value ($139,400 vs $83,300 in Gilmer County).

Population, income & housing

	Gilmer County	Pocahontas County
Population	7,376	7,855
Median age	40.7 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,991	$41,200
Median home value	$83,300	$139,400
Median gross rent	$764	$688
Housing units	3,118	6,846
Homeownership rate	76.4%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilmer County	Pocahontas County
Population	8,041 → 7,376 (-8.3%)	8,450 → 7,855 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$42,636 → $50,991 (+19.6%)	$41,882 → $41,200 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $83,300 (-10.7%)	$121,700 → $139,400 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $764 (+30.8%)	$622 → $688 (+10.6%)

Gilmer County

Population

8,0417,376

Median household income

$42,636$50,991

Median home value

$93,300$83,300

Median gross rent

$584$764

Pocahontas County

Population

8,4507,855

Median household income

$41,882$41,200

Median home value

$121,700$139,400

Median gross rent

$622$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilmer County	Pocahontas County
Under 5	3.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	15.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	15.5%
75 and over	7.6%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilmer County	Pocahontas County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	14.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilmer County	Pocahontas County
No high school diploma	18.5%	16.2%
High school graduate	47.3%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilmer County	Pocahontas County
Drove alone	73.8%	77.7%
Carpooled	15.5%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	2.8%	6.1%
Other means	2.2%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilmer County	Pocahontas County
1-unit, detached	69.3%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.1%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	27.1%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Gilmer County	Pocahontas County
Poverty rate	12.9%	20.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1974	1982