Falling Waters vs Hedgesville

A side-by-side comparison of Falling Waters and Hedgesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Falling Waters and Hedgesville are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Falling Waters has the higher population (2,384 vs 349 in Hedgesville). Falling Waters has the higher median household income ($87,632 vs $86,518 in Hedgesville). Falling Waters has the higher median home value ($207,200 vs $190,200 in Hedgesville).

Population, income & housing

	Falling Waters	Hedgesville
Population	2,384	349
Median age	32.2 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,632	$86,518
Median home value	$207,200	$190,200
Median gross rent	$1,341	$1,313
Housing units	782	130
Homeownership rate	65.0%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falling Waters	Hedgesville
Population	1,399 → 2,384 (+70.4%)	251 → 349 (+39.0%)
Median household income	$66,927 → $87,632 (+30.9%)	$73,750 → $86,518 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$137,900 → $207,200 (+50.3%)	$125,000 → $190,200 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,089 → $1,341 (+23.1%)	$1,188 → $1,313 (+10.5%)

Falling Waters

Population

1,3992,384

Median household income

$66,927$87,632

Median home value

$137,900$207,200

Median gross rent

$1,089$1,341

Hedgesville

Population

251349

Median household income

$73,750$86,518

Median home value

$125,000$190,200

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falling Waters	Hedgesville
Under 5	7.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	12.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	20.4%	35.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	8.9%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.7%
75 and over	1.3%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falling Waters	Hedgesville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	89.1%
Black or African American	2.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falling Waters	Hedgesville
No high school diploma	4.8%	3.8%
High school graduate	37.6%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falling Waters	Hedgesville
Drove alone	81.0%	75.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falling Waters	Hedgesville
1-unit, detached	43.4%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	41.0%	50.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Falling Waters	Hedgesville
Poverty rate	3.0%	4.0%
Average household size	3.05	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	2003	1993