Beech Bottom vs Windsor Heights

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

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

Beech Bottom has the higher population (588 vs 511 in Windsor Heights). Windsor Heights has the higher median household income ($47,708 vs $30,000 in Beech Bottom). Beech Bottom has the higher median home value ($62,800 vs $58,300 in Windsor Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Bottom	Windsor Heights
Population	588	511
Median age	45.0 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$30,000	$47,708
Median home value	$62,800	$58,300
Median gross rent	$795	$875
Housing units	287	222
Homeownership rate	79.2%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Bottom	Windsor Heights
Population	605 → 588 (-2.8%)	363 → 511 (+40.8%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $30,000 (-43.5%)	$48,359 → $47,708 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $62,800 (+18.5%)	$59,300 → $58,300 (-1.7%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $795 (+4.2%)	$685 → $875 (+27.7%)

Beech Bottom

Population

605588

Median household income

$53,125$30,000

Median home value

$53,000$62,800

Median gross rent

$763$795

Windsor Heights

Population

363511

Median household income

$48,359$47,708

Median home value

$59,300$58,300

Median gross rent

$685$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Bottom	Windsor Heights
Under 5	8.8%	11.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	17.9%	6.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.1%
75 and over	7.5%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Bottom	Windsor Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Bottom	Windsor Heights
No high school diploma	8.1%	4.6%
High school graduate	56.2%	63.1%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Bottom	Windsor Heights
Drove alone	92.5%	81.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Bottom	Windsor Heights
1-unit, detached	59.9%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	30.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Beech Bottom	Windsor Heights
Poverty rate	40.0%	23.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1943	1938