Gatewood vs Gauley Bridge

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

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

Gauley Bridge has the higher population (466 vs 443 in Gatewood). Gatewood has the higher median household income ($73,914 vs $19,500 in Gauley Bridge). Gatewood has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $71,600 in Gauley Bridge).

Population, income & housing

	Gatewood	Gauley Bridge
Population	443	466
Median age	31.6 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,914	$19,500
Median home value	$96,400	$71,600
Median gross rent	—	$441
Housing units	167	310
Homeownership rate	100.0%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gatewood	Gauley Bridge
Population	404 → 443 (+9.7%)	858 → 466 (-45.7%)
Median household income	$63,443 → $73,914 (+16.5%)	$45,953 → $19,500 (-57.6%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $96,400 (+14.1%)	$65,800 → $71,600 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$665 → $441 (-33.7%)

Gatewood

Population

404443

Median household income

$63,443$73,914

Median home value

$84,500$96,400

Gauley Bridge

Population

858466

Median household income

$45,953$19,500

Median home value

$65,800$71,600

Median gross rent

$665$441

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gatewood	Gauley Bridge
Under 5	4.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	24.6%	21.2%
35 to 44	6.5%	4.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	17.2%	13.7%
75 and over	0.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gatewood	Gauley Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gatewood	Gauley Bridge
No high school diploma	1.9%	24.9%
High school graduate	24.4%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	60.5%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gatewood	Gauley Bridge
Drove alone	66.8%	95.9%
Carpooled	28.2%	4.1%
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	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gatewood	Gauley Bridge
1-unit, detached	82.6%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Gatewood	Gauley Bridge
Poverty rate	1.4%	39.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1938	1955