Ansted vs Fayetteville

A side-by-side comparison of Ansted and Fayetteville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fayetteville has the higher population (2,864 vs 1,210 in Ansted). Fayetteville has the higher median household income ($59,659 vs $54,327 in Ansted). Fayetteville has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $74,900 in Ansted).

Population, income & housing

	Ansted	Fayetteville
Population	1,210	2,864
Median age	46.0 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,327	$59,659
Median home value	$74,900	$165,000
Median gross rent	$725	$1,035
Housing units	646	1,406
Homeownership rate	76.1%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansted	Fayetteville
Population	1,362 → 1,210 (-11.2%)	2,806 → 2,864 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$35,197 → $54,327 (+54.4%)	$45,313 → $59,659 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $74,900 (+0.4%)	$130,400 → $165,000 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $725 (+7.9%)	$810 → $1,035 (+27.8%)

Ansted

Population

1,3621,210

Median household income

$35,197$54,327

Median home value

$74,600$74,900

Median gross rent

$672$725

Fayetteville

Population

2,8062,864

Median household income

$45,313$59,659

Median home value

$130,400$165,000

Median gross rent

$810$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansted	Fayetteville
Under 5	3.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	13.6%	2.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.6%
35 to 44	5.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	16.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	14.9%	8.6%
75 and over	10.2%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansted	Fayetteville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansted	Fayetteville
No high school diploma	9.0%	15.4%
High school graduate	46.6%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansted	Fayetteville
Drove alone	64.2%	50.4%
Carpooled	25.2%	23.7%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansted	Fayetteville
1-unit, detached	75.7%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Ansted	Fayetteville
Poverty rate	14.4%	22.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1959	1971