Gilmer County vs Tucker County

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

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

Gilmer County has the higher population (7,376 vs 6,698 in Tucker County). Tucker County has the higher median household income ($53,475 vs $50,991 in Gilmer County). Tucker County has the higher median home value ($144,700 vs $83,300 in Gilmer County).

Population, income & housing

	Gilmer County	Tucker County
Population	7,376	6,698
Median age	40.7 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,991	$53,475
Median home value	$83,300	$144,700
Median gross rent	$764	$689
Housing units	3,118	4,665
Homeownership rate	76.4%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilmer County	Tucker County
Population	8,041 → 7,376 (-8.3%)	6,982 → 6,698 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$42,636 → $50,991 (+19.6%)	$49,118 → $53,475 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $83,300 (-10.7%)	$121,600 → $144,700 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $764 (+30.8%)	$552 → $689 (+24.8%)

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

Tucker County

Population

6,9826,698

Median household income

$49,118$53,475

Median home value

$121,600$144,700

Median gross rent

$552$689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilmer County	Tucker County
Under 5	3.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.1%	10.7%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	15.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	15.9%
75 and over	7.6%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilmer County	Tucker County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	97.0%
Black or African American	14.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilmer County	Tucker County
No high school diploma	18.5%	11.1%
High school graduate	47.3%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilmer County	Tucker County
Drove alone	73.8%	71.4%
Carpooled	15.5%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	5.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	10.7%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilmer County	Tucker County
1-unit, detached	69.3%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	27.1%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Gilmer County	Tucker County
Poverty rate	12.9%	13.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1974	1982