Lesage vs Pea Ridge

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

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

Pea Ridge has the higher population (7,188 vs 1,165 in Lesage). Pea Ridge has the higher median household income ($67,708 vs $38,944 in Lesage). Since 2019, Lesage's population has grown faster (+49.7% vs +8.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Lesage	Pea Ridge
Population	1,165	7,188
Median age	35.1 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,944	$67,708
Median home value	—	$186,900
Median gross rent	$758	$953
Housing units	657	3,583
Homeownership rate	30.9%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lesage	Pea Ridge
Population	778 → 1,165 (+49.7%)	6,632 → 7,188 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$41,552 → $38,944 (-6.3%)	$47,893 → $67,708 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $129,000 (+14.0%)	$154,800 → $186,900 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $758 (+21.5%)	$825 → $953 (+15.5%)

Lesage

Population

7781,165

Median household income

$41,552$38,944

Median home value

$113,200$129,000

Median gross rent

$624$758

Pea Ridge

Population

6,6327,188

Median household income

$47,893$67,708

Median home value

$154,800$186,900

Median gross rent

$825$953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lesage	Pea Ridge
Under 5	8.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	12.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.8%	18.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	22.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	7.6%	14.2%
75 and over	1.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lesage	Pea Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lesage	Pea Ridge
No high school diploma	0.6%	4.9%
High school graduate	47.5%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lesage	Pea Ridge
Drove alone	94.1%	84.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lesage	Pea Ridge
1-unit, detached	51.4%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	18.3%
20 or more units	5.6%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Lesage	Pea Ridge
Poverty rate	27.3%	11.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1976	1976