Ansted vs Smithers

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

Ansted and Smithers 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 891 in Smithers). Ansted has the higher median household income ($54,327 vs $32,237 in Smithers). Ansted has the higher median home value ($74,900 vs $72,800 in Smithers).

Population, income & housing

	Ansted	Smithers
Population	1,210	891
Median age	46.0 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,327	$32,237
Median home value	$74,900	$72,800
Median gross rent	$725	$496
Housing units	646	436
Homeownership rate	76.1%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansted	Smithers
Population	1,362 → 1,210 (-11.2%)	1,104 → 891 (-19.3%)
Median household income	$35,197 → $54,327 (+54.4%)	$31,000 → $32,237 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $74,900 (+0.4%)	$113,400 → $72,800 (-35.8%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $725 (+7.9%)	$577 → $496 (-14.0%)

Ansted

Population

1,3621,210

Median household income

$35,197$54,327

Median home value

$74,600$74,900

Median gross rent

$672$725

Smithers

Population

1,104891

Median household income

$31,000$32,237

Median home value

$113,400$72,800

Median gross rent

$577$496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansted	Smithers
Under 5	3.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.6%	8.8%
18 to 24	13.6%	2.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	5.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	16.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	5.4%
65 to 74	14.9%	28.8%
75 and over	10.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansted	Smithers
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.7%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansted	Smithers
No high school diploma	9.0%	13.7%
High school graduate	46.6%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansted	Smithers
Drove alone	64.2%	35.3%
Carpooled	25.2%	8.7%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	45.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansted	Smithers
1-unit, detached	75.7%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Ansted	Smithers
Poverty rate	14.4%	35.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	36	15
Median year structure built	1959	1946