Raleigh County vs Wood County

A side-by-side comparison of Raleigh County and Wood County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wood County has the higher population (83,829 vs 73,666 in Raleigh County). Wood County has the higher median household income ($56,193 vs $52,055 in Raleigh County). Wood County has the higher median home value ($153,700 vs $142,600 in Raleigh County).

Population, income & housing

	Raleigh County	Wood County
Population	73,666	83,829
Median age	42.8 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,055	$56,193
Median home value	$142,600	$153,700
Median gross rent	$847	$789
Housing units	34,637	40,296
Homeownership rate	74.6%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raleigh County	Wood County
Population	75,252 → 73,666 (-2.1%)	84,960 → 83,829 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$43,748 → $52,055 (+19.0%)	$47,321 → $56,193 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$108,700 → $142,600 (+31.2%)	$124,200 → $153,700 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $847 (+22.2%)	$713 → $789 (+10.7%)

Raleigh County

Population

75,25273,666

Median household income

$43,748$52,055

Median home value

$108,700$142,600

Median gross rent

$693$847

Wood County

Population

84,96083,829

Median household income

$47,321$56,193

Median home value

$124,200$153,700

Median gross rent

$713$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Raleigh County	Wood County
Under 5	5.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.3%
75 and over	8.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raleigh County	Wood County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	94.0%
Black or African American	6.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raleigh County	Wood County
No high school diploma	14.5%	9.5%
High school graduate	38.3%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raleigh County	Wood County
Drove alone	83.4%	79.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	1.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.7%	8.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raleigh County	Wood County
1-unit, detached	74.1%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	5.5%
20 or more units	2.9%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Raleigh County	Wood County
Poverty rate	21.6%	14.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1975	1969