Pleasants County vs Pocahontas County

A side-by-side comparison of Pleasants County and Pocahontas County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pocahontas County has the higher population (7,855 vs 7,572 in Pleasants County). Pleasants County has the higher median household income ($61,038 vs $41,200 in Pocahontas County). Pocahontas County has the higher median home value ($139,400 vs $129,300 in Pleasants County).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasants County	Pocahontas County
Population	7,572	7,855
Median age	43.4 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,038	$41,200
Median home value	$129,300	$139,400
Median gross rent	$700	$688
Housing units	3,218	6,846
Homeownership rate	82.3%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasants County	Pocahontas County
Population	7,482 → 7,572 (+1.2%)	8,450 → 7,855 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$56,838 → $61,038 (+7.4%)	$41,882 → $41,200 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $129,300 (+21.3%)	$121,700 → $139,400 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $700 (+22.4%)	$622 → $688 (+10.6%)

Pleasants County

Population

7,4827,572

Median household income

$56,838$61,038

Median home value

$106,600$129,300

Median gross rent

$572$700

Pocahontas County

Population

8,4507,855

Median household income

$41,882$41,200

Median home value

$121,700$139,400

Median gross rent

$622$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pleasants County	Pocahontas County
Under 5	4.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	15.5%
75 and over	7.6%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasants County	Pocahontas County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasants County	Pocahontas County
No high school diploma	11.9%	16.2%
High school graduate	44.2%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasants County	Pocahontas County
Drove alone	81.7%	77.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	10.4%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasants County	Pocahontas County
1-unit, detached	69.9%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Pleasants County	Pocahontas County
Poverty rate	8.0%	20.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1975	1982