Flatwoods vs Gassaway

A side-by-side comparison of Flatwoods and Gassaway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gassaway has the higher population (600 vs 404 in Flatwoods). Flatwoods has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $40,156 in Gassaway). Flatwoods has the higher median home value ($105,200 vs $101,700 in Gassaway).

Population, income & housing

	Flatwoods	Gassaway
Population	404	600
Median age	33.7 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$40,156
Median home value	$105,200	$101,700
Median gross rent	$725	$431
Housing units	155	403
Homeownership rate	71.4%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flatwoods	Gassaway
Population	261 → 404 (+54.8%)	977 → 600 (-38.6%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $48,750 (+14.7%)	$40,781 → $40,156 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $105,200 (+20.9%)	$80,600 → $101,700 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $725 (+14.2%)	$517 → $431 (-16.6%)

Flatwoods

Population

261404

Median household income

$42,500$48,750

Median home value

$87,000$105,200

Median gross rent

$635$725

Gassaway

Population

977600

Median household income

$40,781$40,156

Median home value

$80,600$101,700

Median gross rent

$517$431

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flatwoods	Gassaway
Under 5	2.0%	0.5%
5 to 17	24.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	2.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	3.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	20.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	12.3%
75 and over	6.9%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flatwoods	Gassaway
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	14.6%	16.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flatwoods	Gassaway
No high school diploma	5.5%	14.9%
High school graduate	52.0%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flatwoods	Gassaway
Drove alone	77.2%	91.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	0.0%
Other means	10.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flatwoods	Gassaway
1-unit, detached	63.2%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	21.9%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Flatwoods	Gassaway
Poverty rate	19.1%	13.6%
Average household size	3.04	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1958	1949