Ansted vs Hilltop

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

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

Ansted has the higher population (1,210 vs 655 in Hilltop). Ansted has the higher median household income ($54,327 vs $48,750 in Hilltop). Ansted has the higher median home value ($74,900 vs $61,900 in Hilltop).

Population, income & housing

	Ansted	Hilltop
Population	1,210	655
Median age	46.0 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,327	$48,750
Median home value	$74,900	$61,900
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	646	236
Homeownership rate	76.1%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansted	Hilltop
Population	1,362 → 1,210 (-11.2%)	808 → 655 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$35,197 → $54,327 (+54.4%)	$71,167 → $48,750 (-31.5%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $74,900 (+0.4%)	$73,800 → $61,900 (-16.1%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $725 (+7.9%)	—

Ansted

Population

1,3621,210

Median household income

$35,197$54,327

Median home value

$74,600$74,900

Median gross rent

$672$725

Hilltop

Population

808655

Median household income

$71,167$48,750

Median home value

$73,800$61,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansted	Hilltop
Under 5	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	6.4%
18 to 24	13.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	3.2%
35 to 44	5.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	16.4%	29.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	9.6%
65 to 74	14.9%	6.4%
75 and over	10.2%	24.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansted	Hilltop
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansted	Hilltop
No high school diploma	9.0%	19.5%
High school graduate	46.6%	53.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansted	Hilltop
Drove alone	64.2%	43.0%
Carpooled	25.2%	21.3%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	9.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansted	Hilltop
1-unit, detached	75.7%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Ansted	Hilltop
Poverty rate	14.4%	20.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	36	17
Median year structure built	1959	1949