Tucker County vs Wirt County

A side-by-side comparison of Tucker County and Wirt County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tucker County has the higher population (6,698 vs 5,131 in Wirt County). Wirt County has the higher median household income ($54,688 vs $53,475 in Tucker County). Tucker County has the higher median home value ($144,700 vs $112,800 in Wirt County).

Population, income & housing

	Tucker County	Wirt County
Population	6,698	5,131
Median age	51.2 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,475	$54,688
Median home value	$144,700	$112,800
Median gross rent	$689	$575
Housing units	4,665	2,723
Homeownership rate	81.4%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tucker County	Wirt County
Population	6,982 → 6,698 (-4.1%)	5,798 → 5,131 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$49,118 → $53,475 (+8.9%)	$46,048 → $54,688 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$121,600 → $144,700 (+19.0%)	$95,800 → $112,800 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$552 → $689 (+24.8%)	$454 → $575 (+26.7%)

Tucker County

Population

6,9826,698

Median household income

$49,118$53,475

Median home value

$121,600$144,700

Median gross rent

$552$689

Wirt County

Population

5,7985,131

Median household income

$46,048$54,688

Median home value

$95,800$112,800

Median gross rent

$454$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tucker County	Wirt County
Under 5	3.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	10.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	17.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	15.9%	13.7%
75 and over	11.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tucker County	Wirt County
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tucker County	Wirt County
No high school diploma	11.1%	11.1%
High school graduate	40.5%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tucker County	Wirt County
Drove alone	71.4%	77.0%
Carpooled	13.9%	10.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tucker County	Wirt County
1-unit, detached	82.8%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Tucker County	Wirt County
Poverty rate	13.2%	18.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1982	1986