Mingo County vs Upshur County

A side-by-side comparison of Mingo County and Upshur County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Upshur County has the higher population (23,758 vs 22,979 in Mingo County). Upshur County has the higher median household income ($51,859 vs $39,527 in Mingo County). Upshur County has the higher median home value ($160,700 vs $85,600 in Mingo County).

Population, income & housing

	Mingo County	Upshur County
Population	22,979	23,758
Median age	44.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,527	$51,859
Median home value	$85,600	$160,700
Median gross rent	$604	$799
Housing units	11,554	11,237
Homeownership rate	72.2%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mingo County	Upshur County
Population	24,290 → 22,979 (-5.4%)	24,502 → 23,758 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$32,764 → $39,527 (+20.6%)	$40,322 → $51,859 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $85,600 (+9.6%)	$119,000 → $160,700 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $604 (+5.2%)	$699 → $799 (+14.3%)

Mingo County

Population

24,29022,979

Median household income

$32,764$39,527

Median home value

$78,100$85,600

Median gross rent

$574$604

Upshur County

Population

24,50223,758

Median household income

$40,322$51,859

Median home value

$119,000$160,700

Median gross rent

$699$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mingo County	Upshur County
Under 5	5.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	12.6%
75 and over	7.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mingo County	Upshur County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	92.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mingo County	Upshur County
No high school diploma	23.5%	11.6%
High school graduate	44.9%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mingo County	Upshur County
Drove alone	78.2%	80.9%
Carpooled	13.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.0%	9.7%
Other means	0.6%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mingo County	Upshur County
1-unit, detached	57.2%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.9%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	33.4%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Mingo County	Upshur County
Poverty rate	29.9%	18.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1982	1979