Huntington vs Lesage

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

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

Huntington has the higher population (46,189 vs 1,165 in Lesage). Huntington has the higher median household income ($43,146 vs $38,944 in Lesage). Since 2019, Lesage's population has grown faster (+49.7% vs -1.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington	Lesage
Population	46,189	1,165
Median age	34.9 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,146	$38,944
Median home value	$118,800	—
Median gross rent	$863	$758
Housing units	24,153	657
Homeownership rate	52.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington	Lesage
Population	46,667 → 46,189 (-1.0%)	778 → 1,165 (+49.7%)
Median household income	$31,162 → $43,146 (+38.5%)	$41,552 → $38,944 (-6.3%)
Median home value	$98,200 → $118,800 (+21.0%)	$113,200 → $129,000 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $863 (+21.2%)	$624 → $758 (+21.5%)

Huntington

Population

46,66746,189

Median household income

$31,162$43,146

Median home value

$98,200$118,800

Median gross rent

$712$863

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)

	Huntington	Lesage
Under 5	5.1%	8.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	19.9%	12.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	7.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	22.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.6%
75 and over	7.9%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington	Lesage
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	96.0%
Black or African American	6.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington	Lesage
No high school diploma	10.8%	0.6%
High school graduate	25.4%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington	Lesage
Drove alone	71.9%	94.1%
Carpooled	11.1%	0.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	5.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington	Lesage
1-unit, detached	65.1%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	14.8%
20 or more units	7.7%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Huntington	Lesage
Poverty rate	27.4%	27.3%
Average household size	2.18	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1954	1976