Hedgesville vs Martinsburg

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

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

Martinsburg has the higher population (18,805 vs 349 in Hedgesville). Hedgesville has the higher median household income ($86,518 vs $54,590 in Martinsburg). Martinsburg has the higher median home value ($231,900 vs $190,200 in Hedgesville).

Population, income & housing

	Hedgesville	Martinsburg
Population	349	18,805
Median age	32.9 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,518	$54,590
Median home value	$190,200	$231,900
Median gross rent	$1,313	$1,090
Housing units	130	8,384
Homeownership rate	58.9%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hedgesville	Martinsburg
Population	251 → 349 (+39.0%)	17,475 → 18,805 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $86,518 (+17.3%)	$42,835 → $54,590 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $190,200 (+52.2%)	$157,200 → $231,900 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,313 (+10.5%)	$948 → $1,090 (+15.0%)

Hedgesville

Population

251349

Median household income

$73,750$86,518

Median home value

$125,000$190,200

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,313

Martinsburg

Population

17,47518,805

Median household income

$42,835$54,590

Median home value

$157,200$231,900

Median gross rent

$948$1,090

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hedgesville	Martinsburg
Under 5	4.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	35.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.7%
75 and over	2.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hedgesville	Martinsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	69.2%
Black or African American	3.2%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hedgesville	Martinsburg
No high school diploma	3.8%	11.1%
High school graduate	39.9%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hedgesville	Martinsburg
Drove alone	75.7%	72.1%
Carpooled	3.8%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	8.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hedgesville	Martinsburg
1-unit, detached	44.6%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	50.0%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Hedgesville	Martinsburg
Poverty rate	4.0%	23.0%
Average household size	2.81	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1993	1964