Gatewood vs Powellton

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

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

Powellton has the higher population (518 vs 443 in Gatewood). Gatewood has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $68,300 in Powellton). Since 2019, Gatewood's population has grown faster (+9.7% vs -32.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Gatewood	Powellton
Population	443	518
Median age	31.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,914	—
Median home value	$96,400	$68,300
Housing units	167	266
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gatewood	Powellton
Population	404 → 443 (+9.7%)	763 → 518 (-32.1%)
Median household income	$63,443 → $73,914 (+16.5%)	$50,656 → $42,462 (-16.2%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $96,400 (+14.1%)	$56,500 → $68,300 (+20.9%)

Gatewood

Population

404443

Median household income

$63,443$73,914

Median home value

$84,500$96,400

Powellton

Population

763518

Median household income

$50,656$42,462

Median home value

$56,500$68,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gatewood	Powellton
Under 5	4.1%	10.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	24.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	22.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	17.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	3.3%
65 to 74	17.2%	16.4%
75 and over	0.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gatewood	Powellton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	96.1%
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%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gatewood	Powellton
No high school diploma	1.9%	45.0%
High school graduate	24.4%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	60.5%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gatewood	Powellton
Drove alone	66.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	28.2%	0.0%
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	Powellton
1-unit, detached	82.6%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Gatewood	Powellton
Poverty rate	1.4%	37.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1938	1964