Boomer vs Gatewood

A side-by-side comparison of Boomer and Gatewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boomer has the higher population (488 vs 443 in Gatewood). Gatewood has the higher median household income ($73,914 vs $27,875 in Boomer). Gatewood has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $92,800 in Boomer).

Population, income & housing

	Boomer	Gatewood
Population	488	443
Median age	50.2 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$27,875	$73,914
Median home value	$92,800	$96,400
Median gross rent	$818	—
Housing units	415	167
Homeownership rate	51.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boomer	Gatewood
Population	755 → 488 (-35.4%)	404 → 443 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$46,500 → $27,875 (-40.1%)	$63,443 → $73,914 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $92,800 (+10.5%)	$84,500 → $96,400 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $818 (+9.2%)	—

Boomer

Population

755488

Median household income

$46,500$27,875

Median home value

$84,000$92,800

Median gross rent

$749$818

Gatewood

Population

404443

Median household income

$63,443$73,914

Median home value

$84,500$96,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boomer	Gatewood
Under 5	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	5.1%	24.6%
35 to 44	27.3%	6.5%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	17.2%
75 and over	24.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boomer	Gatewood
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	95.3%
Black or African American	34.0%	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	0.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boomer	Gatewood
No high school diploma	7.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	41.9%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boomer	Gatewood
Drove alone	57.2%	66.8%
Carpooled	42.8%	28.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boomer	Gatewood
1-unit, detached	93.7%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Boomer	Gatewood
Poverty rate	26.4%	1.4%
Average household size	1.53	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	36	26
Median year structure built	1945	1938