Ansted vs Mount Hope

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

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

Mount Hope has the higher population (1,369 vs 1,210 in Ansted). Ansted has the higher median household income ($54,327 vs $26,983 in Mount Hope). Mount Hope has the higher median home value ($91,900 vs $74,900 in Ansted).

Population, income & housing

	Ansted	Mount Hope
Population	1,210	1,369
Median age	46.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,327	$26,983
Median home value	$74,900	$91,900
Median gross rent	$725	$545
Housing units	646	665
Homeownership rate	76.1%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansted	Mount Hope
Population	1,362 → 1,210 (-11.2%)	980 → 1,369 (+39.7%)
Median household income	$35,197 → $54,327 (+54.4%)	$23,333 → $26,983 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $74,900 (+0.4%)	$67,600 → $91,900 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $725 (+7.9%)	$268 → $545 (+103.4%)

Ansted

Population

1,3621,210

Median household income

$35,197$54,327

Median home value

$74,600$74,900

Median gross rent

$672$725

Mount Hope

Population

9801,369

Median household income

$23,333$26,983

Median home value

$67,600$91,900

Median gross rent

$268$545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansted	Mount Hope
Under 5	3.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.6%	9.0%
18 to 24	13.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.4%
35 to 44	5.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	16.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	18.3%
75 and over	10.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansted	Mount Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.5%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansted	Mount Hope
No high school diploma	9.0%	11.7%
High school graduate	46.6%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansted	Mount Hope
Drove alone	64.2%	76.4%
Carpooled	25.2%	13.4%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansted	Mount Hope
1-unit, detached	75.7%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Ansted	Mount Hope
Poverty rate	14.4%	26.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	36	18
Median year structure built	1959	1951