Barboursville vs Lesage

A side-by-side comparison of Barboursville and Lesage: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barboursville has the higher population (4,394 vs 1,165 in Lesage). Barboursville has the higher median household income ($59,531 vs $38,944 in Lesage). Since 2019, Lesage's population has grown faster (+49.7% vs +3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Barboursville	Lesage
Population	4,394	1,165
Median age	35.4 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,531	$38,944
Median home value	$212,000	—
Median gross rent	$916	$758
Housing units	1,810	657
Homeownership rate	66.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barboursville	Lesage
Population	4,268 → 4,394 (+3.0%)	778 → 1,165 (+49.7%)
Median household income	$48,846 → $59,531 (+21.9%)	$41,552 → $38,944 (-6.3%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $212,000 (+18.1%)	$113,200 → $129,000 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $916 (+16.1%)	$624 → $758 (+21.5%)

Barboursville

Population

4,2684,394

Median household income

$48,846$59,531

Median home value

$179,500$212,000

Median gross rent

$789$916

Lesage

Population

7781,165

Median household income

$41,552$38,944

Median home value

$113,200$129,000

Median gross rent

$624$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barboursville	Lesage
Under 5	5.6%	8.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	12.4%
25 to 34	23.4%	16.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	22.3%
55 to 64	9.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.6%
75 and over	8.9%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barboursville	Lesage
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	96.0%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barboursville	Lesage
No high school diploma	9.2%	0.6%
High school graduate	30.3%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barboursville	Lesage
Drove alone	76.0%	94.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barboursville	Lesage
1-unit, detached	55.8%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	14.8%
20 or more units	6.1%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Barboursville	Lesage
Poverty rate	11.7%	27.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1977	1976