Mason County vs Mineral County

A side-by-side comparison of Mason County and Mineral County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mineral County has the higher population (26,922 vs 25,214 in Mason County). Mineral County has the higher median household income ($68,049 vs $53,454 in Mason County). Mineral County has the higher median home value ($180,400 vs $127,400 in Mason County).

Population, income & housing

	Mason County	Mineral County
Population	25,214	26,922
Median age	44.2 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,454	$68,049
Median home value	$127,400	$180,400
Median gross rent	$654	$684
Housing units	12,192	12,526
Homeownership rate	82.1%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mason County	Mineral County
Population	26,820 → 25,214 (-6.0%)	27,167 → 26,922 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$46,078 → $53,454 (+16.0%)	$49,936 → $68,049 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $127,400 (+45.4%)	$148,200 → $180,400 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $654 (+6.3%)	$671 → $684 (+1.9%)

Mason County

Population

26,82025,214

Median household income

$46,078$53,454

Median home value

$87,600$127,400

Median gross rent

$615$654

Mineral County

Population

27,16726,922

Median household income

$49,936$68,049

Median home value

$148,200$180,400

Median gross rent

$671$684

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mason County	Mineral County
Under 5	5.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	13.0%	13.2%
75 and over	9.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mason County	Mineral County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mason County	Mineral County
No high school diploma	12.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	42.9%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mason County	Mineral County
Drove alone	86.6%	80.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.1%	9.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mason County	Mineral County
1-unit, detached	71.4%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Mason County	Mineral County
Poverty rate	17.9%	14.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1976	1976