Inwood vs Martinsburg

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

Inwood 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 2,605 in Inwood). Inwood has the higher median household income ($82,267 vs $54,590 in Martinsburg). Inwood has the higher median home value ($270,000 vs $231,900 in Martinsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Inwood	Martinsburg
Population	2,605	18,805
Median age	42.3 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,267	$54,590
Median home value	$270,000	$231,900
Median gross rent	$1,674	$1,090
Housing units	1,088	8,384
Homeownership rate	76.7%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inwood	Martinsburg
Population	3,330 → 2,605 (-21.8%)	17,475 → 18,805 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$62,162 → $82,267 (+32.3%)	$42,835 → $54,590 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$168,400 → $270,000 (+60.3%)	$157,200 → $231,900 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,438 → $1,674 (+16.4%)	$948 → $1,090 (+15.0%)

Inwood

Population

3,3302,605

Median household income

$62,162$82,267

Median home value

$168,400$270,000

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,674

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)

	Inwood	Martinsburg
Under 5	6.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	11.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.7%
75 and over	8.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inwood	Martinsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	69.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inwood	Martinsburg
No high school diploma	10.4%	11.1%
High school graduate	43.4%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inwood	Martinsburg
Drove alone	81.1%	72.1%
Carpooled	11.4%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	8.9%
Other means	1.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inwood	Martinsburg
1-unit, detached	69.5%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Inwood	Martinsburg
Poverty rate	11.4%	23.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	2002	1964