Beech Bottom vs Wellsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Bottom and Wellsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wellsburg has the higher population (2,364 vs 588 in Beech Bottom). Wellsburg has the higher median household income ($40,948 vs $30,000 in Beech Bottom). Wellsburg has the higher median home value ($97,200 vs $62,800 in Beech Bottom).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Bottom	Wellsburg
Population	588	2,364
Median age	45.0 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$30,000	$40,948
Median home value	$62,800	$97,200
Median gross rent	$795	$569
Housing units	287	1,268
Homeownership rate	79.2%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Bottom	Wellsburg
Population	605 → 588 (-2.8%)	2,595 → 2,364 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $30,000 (-43.5%)	$40,136 → $40,948 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $62,800 (+18.5%)	$87,200 → $97,200 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $795 (+4.2%)	$570 → $569 (-0.2%)

Beech Bottom

Population

605588

Median household income

$53,125$30,000

Median home value

$53,000$62,800

Median gross rent

$763$795

Wellsburg

Population

2,5952,364

Median household income

$40,136$40,948

Median home value

$87,200$97,200

Median gross rent

$570$569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Bottom	Wellsburg
Under 5	8.8%	1.3%
5 to 17	14.1%	7.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.0%	5.5%
45 to 54	17.9%	15.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	26.7%
75 and over	7.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Bottom	Wellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Bottom	Wellsburg
No high school diploma	8.1%	8.2%
High school graduate	56.2%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Bottom	Wellsburg
Drove alone	92.5%	88.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Bottom	Wellsburg
1-unit, detached	59.9%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	30.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Beech Bottom	Wellsburg
Poverty rate	40.0%	17.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1943	1938