Mingo County vs Wyoming County

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

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

Mingo County has the higher population (22,979 vs 20,948 in Wyoming County). Wyoming County has the higher median household income ($48,038 vs $39,527 in Mingo County). Mingo County has the higher median home value ($85,600 vs $78,400 in Wyoming County).

Population, income & housing

	Mingo County	Wyoming County
Population	22,979	20,948
Median age	44.3 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,527	$48,038
Median home value	$85,600	$78,400
Median gross rent	$604	$737
Housing units	11,554	9,975
Homeownership rate	72.2%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mingo County	Wyoming County
Population	24,290 → 22,979 (-5.4%)	21,281 → 20,948 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$32,764 → $39,527 (+20.6%)	$42,332 → $48,038 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $85,600 (+9.6%)	$71,500 → $78,400 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $604 (+5.2%)	$679 → $737 (+8.5%)

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

Wyoming County

Population

21,28120,948

Median household income

$42,332$48,038

Median home value

$71,500$78,400

Median gross rent

$679$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mingo County	Wyoming County
Under 5	5.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	15.0%
75 and over	7.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mingo County	Wyoming County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	96.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mingo County	Wyoming County
No high school diploma	23.5%	22.0%
High school graduate	44.9%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mingo County	Wyoming County
Drove alone	78.2%	88.5%
Carpooled	13.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mingo County	Wyoming County
1-unit, detached	57.2%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	33.4%	27.2%

Poverty & households

	Mingo County	Wyoming County
Poverty rate	29.9%	22.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1982	1975