Lesage vs Salt Rock

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

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

Lesage has the higher population (1,165 vs 161 in Salt Rock). Lesage has the higher median household income ($38,944 vs $23,411 in Salt Rock). Since 2019, Lesage's population has grown faster (+49.7% vs -3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Lesage	Salt Rock
Population	1,165	161
Median age	35.1 yrs	59.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,944	$23,411
Median gross rent	$758	—
Housing units	657	91
Homeownership rate	30.9%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lesage	Salt Rock
Population	778 → 1,165 (+49.7%)	166 → 161 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$41,552 → $38,944 (-6.3%)	$43,260 → $23,411 (-45.9%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $129,000 (+14.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$624 → $758 (+21.5%)	—

Lesage

Population

7781,165

Median household income

$41,552$38,944

Median home value

$113,200$129,000

Median gross rent

$624$758

Salt Rock

Population

166161

Median household income

$43,260$23,411

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lesage	Salt Rock
Under 5	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	12.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	22.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	65.2%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.1%
75 and over	1.5%	26.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lesage	Salt Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lesage	Salt Rock
No high school diploma	0.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.5%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lesage	Salt Rock
Drove alone	94.1%	—
Carpooled	0.0%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	0.0%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	5.9%	—
Other means	0.0%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lesage	Salt Rock
1-unit, detached	51.4%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	30.8%

Poverty & households

	Lesage	Salt Rock
Poverty rate	27.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.24	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1976	—