Hooverson Heights vs Wellsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Hooverson Heights and Wellsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Hooverson Heights 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 2,156 in Hooverson Heights). Hooverson Heights has the higher median household income ($58,681 vs $40,948 in Wellsburg). Hooverson Heights has the higher median home value ($140,700 vs $97,200 in Wellsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Hooverson Heights	Wellsburg
Population	2,156	2,364
Median age	59.2 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,681	$40,948
Median home value	$140,700	$97,200
Median gross rent	$706	$569
Housing units	1,120	1,268
Homeownership rate	72.7%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hooverson Heights	Wellsburg
Population	2,581 → 2,156 (-16.5%)	2,595 → 2,364 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$58,281 → $58,681 (+0.7%)	$40,136 → $40,948 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$80,800 → $140,700 (+74.1%)	$87,200 → $97,200 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $706 (+32.5%)	$570 → $569 (-0.2%)

Hooverson Heights

Population

2,5812,156

Median household income

$58,281$58,681

Median home value

$80,800$140,700

Median gross rent

$533$706

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)

	Hooverson Heights	Wellsburg
Under 5	4.4%	1.3%
5 to 17	10.7%	7.7%
18 to 24	1.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.3%
35 to 44	6.3%	5.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	15.6%
55 to 64	24.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	17.3%	26.7%
75 and over	13.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hooverson Heights	Wellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
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	6.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hooverson Heights	Wellsburg
No high school diploma	9.8%	8.2%
High school graduate	41.2%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hooverson Heights	Wellsburg
Drove alone	70.2%	88.6%
Carpooled	13.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hooverson Heights	Wellsburg
1-unit, detached	77.2%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Hooverson Heights	Wellsburg
Poverty rate	14.8%	17.3%
Average household size	1.98	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1970	1938