Ansted vs Oak Hill

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

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

Oak Hill has the higher population (8,057 vs 1,210 in Ansted). Ansted has the higher median household income ($54,327 vs $51,799 in Oak Hill). Oak Hill has the higher median home value ($110,400 vs $74,900 in Ansted).

Population, income & housing

	Ansted	Oak Hill
Population	1,210	8,057
Median age	46.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,327	$51,799
Median home value	$74,900	$110,400
Median gross rent	$725	$826
Housing units	646	3,783
Homeownership rate	76.1%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansted	Oak Hill
Population	1,362 → 1,210 (-11.2%)	8,336 → 8,057 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$35,197 → $54,327 (+54.4%)	$39,296 → $51,799 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $74,900 (+0.4%)	$97,200 → $110,400 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $725 (+7.9%)	$650 → $826 (+27.1%)

Ansted

Population

1,3621,210

Median household income

$35,197$54,327

Median home value

$74,600$74,900

Median gross rent

$672$725

Oak Hill

Population

8,3368,057

Median household income

$39,296$51,799

Median home value

$97,200$110,400

Median gross rent

$650$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansted	Oak Hill
Under 5	3.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.6%	16.4%
18 to 24	13.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	5.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	16.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	13.8%
75 and over	10.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansted	Oak Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansted	Oak Hill
No high school diploma	9.0%	13.8%
High school graduate	46.6%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansted	Oak Hill
Drove alone	64.2%	79.8%
Carpooled	25.2%	11.8%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansted	Oak Hill
1-unit, detached	75.7%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Ansted	Oak Hill
Poverty rate	14.4%	16.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1959	1973