Boomer vs Meadow Bridge

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

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

Meadow Bridge has the higher population (504 vs 488 in Boomer). Meadow Bridge has the higher median household income ($40,089 vs $27,875 in Boomer). Meadow Bridge has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $92,800 in Boomer).

Population, income & housing

	Boomer	Meadow Bridge
Population	488	504
Median age	50.2 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$27,875	$40,089
Median home value	$92,800	$108,000
Median gross rent	$818	$633
Housing units	415	244
Homeownership rate	51.6%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boomer	Meadow Bridge
Population	755 → 488 (-35.4%)	422 → 504 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$46,500 → $27,875 (-40.1%)	$33,523 → $40,089 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $92,800 (+10.5%)	$68,100 → $108,000 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $818 (+9.2%)	$581 → $633 (+9.0%)

Boomer

Population

755488

Median household income

$46,500$27,875

Median home value

$84,000$92,800

Median gross rent

$749$818

Meadow Bridge

Population

422504

Median household income

$33,523$40,089

Median home value

$68,100$108,000

Median gross rent

$581$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boomer	Meadow Bridge
Under 5	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	10.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	5.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	27.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	16.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	23.0%
75 and over	24.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boomer	Meadow Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	99.4%
Black or African American	34.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boomer	Meadow Bridge
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	41.9%	69.6%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boomer	Meadow Bridge
Drove alone	57.2%	84.3%
Carpooled	42.8%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	10.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boomer	Meadow Bridge
1-unit, detached	93.7%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Boomer	Meadow Bridge
Poverty rate	26.4%	15.5%
Average household size	1.53	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	36	24
Median year structure built	1945	1972