Barboursville vs Lake of the Woods

A side-by-side comparison of Barboursville and Lake of the Woods: population, income, housing, and more.

Barboursville and Lake of the Woods are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake of the Woods has the higher population (8,165 vs 747 in Barboursville). Lake of the Woods has the higher median household income ($112,917 vs $53,264 in Barboursville).

Population, income & housing

	Barboursville	Lake of the Woods
Population	747	8,165
Median age	33.5 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,264	$112,917
Median home value	—	$377,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,690
Housing units	287	3,825
Homeownership rate	9.8%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barboursville	Lake of the Woods
Population	768 → 747 (-2.7%)	8,406 → 8,165 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$43,294 → $53,264 (+23.0%)	$80,260 → $112,917 (+40.7%)
Median home value	—	$257,000 → $377,500 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,390 → $1,690 (+21.6%)

Barboursville

Population

768747

Median household income

$43,294$53,264

Lake of the Woods

Population

8,4068,165

Median household income

$80,260$112,917

Median home value

$257,000$377,500

Median gross rent

$1,390$1,690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barboursville	Lake of the Woods
Under 5	1.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	30.9%	10.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	29.9%	8.5%
35 to 44	24.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	9.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	19.5%
75 and over	1.7%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barboursville	Lake of the Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	75.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	7.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barboursville	Lake of the Woods
No high school diploma	11.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	75.1%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barboursville	Lake of the Woods
Drove alone	42.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	57.4%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barboursville	Lake of the Woods
1-unit, detached	83.6%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Barboursville	Lake of the Woods
Poverty rate	65.1%	4.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	—	46
Median year structure built	1973	1993