Hancock County vs Marshall County

A side-by-side comparison of Hancock County and Marshall County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marshall County has the higher population (30,129 vs 28,658 in Hancock County). Hancock County has the higher median household income ($61,017 vs $60,329 in Marshall County). Marshall County has the higher median home value ($139,800 vs $119,600 in Hancock County).

Population, income & housing

	Hancock County	Marshall County
Population	28,658	30,129
Median age	46.8 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,017	$60,329
Median home value	$119,600	$139,800
Median gross rent	$766	$823
Housing units	14,218	14,736
Homeownership rate	74.6%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hancock County	Marshall County
Population	29,383 → 28,658 (-2.5%)	31,308 → 30,129 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$45,763 → $61,017 (+33.3%)	$48,557 → $60,329 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $119,600 (+28.6%)	$109,300 → $139,800 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $766 (+16.4%)	$630 → $823 (+30.6%)

Hancock County

Population

29,38328,658

Median household income

$45,763$61,017

Median home value

$93,000$119,600

Median gross rent

$658$766

Marshall County

Population

31,30830,129

Median household income

$48,557$60,329

Median home value

$109,300$139,800

Median gross rent

$630$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hancock County	Marshall County
Under 5	4.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.4%	14.2%
75 and over	9.7%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hancock County	Marshall County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	93.9%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hancock County	Marshall County
No high school diploma	10.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	40.1%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hancock County	Marshall County
Drove alone	77.7%	82.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	4.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hancock County	Marshall County
1-unit, detached	78.7%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Hancock County	Marshall County
Poverty rate	15.0%	15.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1959	1960