Wellsburg vs Windsor Heights

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

Wellsburg 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.

Wellsburg has the higher population (2,364 vs 511 in Windsor Heights). Windsor Heights has the higher median household income ($47,708 vs $40,948 in Wellsburg). Wellsburg has the higher median home value ($97,200 vs $58,300 in Windsor Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Wellsburg	Windsor Heights
Population	2,364	511
Median age	58.0 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,948	$47,708
Median home value	$97,200	$58,300
Median gross rent	$569	$875
Housing units	1,268	222
Homeownership rate	82.5%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wellsburg	Windsor Heights
Population	2,595 → 2,364 (-8.9%)	363 → 511 (+40.8%)
Median household income	$40,136 → $40,948 (+2.0%)	$48,359 → $47,708 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $97,200 (+11.5%)	$59,300 → $58,300 (-1.7%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $569 (-0.2%)	$685 → $875 (+27.7%)

Wellsburg

Population

2,5952,364

Median household income

$40,136$40,948

Median home value

$87,200$97,200

Median gross rent

$570$569

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)

	Wellsburg	Windsor Heights
Under 5	1.3%	11.2%
5 to 17	7.7%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	5.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	6.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	26.7%	12.1%
75 and over	10.7%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wellsburg	Windsor Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wellsburg	Windsor Heights
No high school diploma	8.2%	4.6%
High school graduate	45.7%	63.1%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wellsburg	Windsor Heights
Drove alone	88.6%	81.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wellsburg	Windsor Heights
1-unit, detached	80.6%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Wellsburg	Windsor Heights
Poverty rate	17.3%	23.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938