Harrison County vs Jefferson County

A side-by-side comparison of Harrison County and Jefferson County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harrison County has the higher population (65,407 vs 58,546 in Jefferson County). Jefferson County has the higher median household income ($95,523 vs $58,326 in Harrison County). Jefferson County has the higher median home value ($324,500 vs $158,500 in Harrison County).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison County	Jefferson County
Population	65,407	58,546
Median age	42.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,326	$95,523
Median home value	$158,500	$324,500
Median gross rent	$848	$1,103
Housing units	30,537	24,276
Homeownership rate	73.6%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison County	Jefferson County
Population	67,908 → 65,407 (-3.7%)	56,506 → 58,546 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$53,022 → $58,326 (+10.0%)	$80,430 → $95,523 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $158,500 (+34.4%)	$252,300 → $324,500 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $848 (+10.6%)	$998 → $1,103 (+10.5%)

Harrison County

Population

67,90865,407

Median household income

$53,022$58,326

Median home value

$117,900$158,500

Median gross rent

$767$848

Jefferson County

Population

56,50658,546

Median household income

$80,430$95,523

Median home value

$252,300$324,500

Median gross rent

$998$1,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrison County	Jefferson County
Under 5	5.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.6%
75 and over	8.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison County	Jefferson County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	80.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison County	Jefferson County
No high school diploma	11.2%	10.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison County	Jefferson County
Drove alone	82.1%	71.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	3.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.8%	15.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison County	Jefferson County
1-unit, detached	75.1%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	4.4%
20 or more units	4.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Harrison County	Jefferson County
Poverty rate	13.6%	8.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	22	37
Median year structure built	1963	1990