Gatewood vs Meadow Bridge

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

Gatewood 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 443 in Gatewood). Gatewood has the higher median household income ($73,914 vs $40,089 in Meadow Bridge). Meadow Bridge has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $96,400 in Gatewood).

Population, income & housing

	Gatewood	Meadow Bridge
Population	443	504
Median age	31.6 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,914	$40,089
Median home value	$96,400	$108,000
Median gross rent	—	$633
Housing units	167	244
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gatewood	Meadow Bridge
Population	404 → 443 (+9.7%)	422 → 504 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$63,443 → $73,914 (+16.5%)	$33,523 → $40,089 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $96,400 (+14.1%)	$68,100 → $108,000 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$581 → $633 (+9.0%)

Gatewood

Population

404443

Median household income

$63,443$73,914

Median home value

$84,500$96,400

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)

	Gatewood	Meadow Bridge
Under 5	4.1%	10.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	10.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	24.6%	8.3%
35 to 44	6.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	17.2%	23.0%
75 and over	0.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gatewood	Meadow Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	4.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gatewood	Meadow Bridge
No high school diploma	1.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	24.4%	69.6%
Some college or associate's	60.5%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gatewood	Meadow Bridge
Drove alone	66.8%	84.3%
Carpooled	28.2%	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	5.0%	10.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gatewood	Meadow Bridge
1-unit, detached	82.6%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Gatewood	Meadow Bridge
Poverty rate	1.4%	15.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1938	1972