Gauley Bridge vs Hilltop

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

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

Hilltop has the higher population (655 vs 466 in Gauley Bridge). Hilltop has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $19,500 in Gauley Bridge). Gauley Bridge has the higher median home value ($71,600 vs $61,900 in Hilltop).

Population, income & housing

	Gauley Bridge	Hilltop
Population	466	655
Median age	45.1 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$19,500	$48,750
Median home value	$71,600	$61,900
Median gross rent	$441	—
Housing units	310	236
Homeownership rate	58.9%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gauley Bridge	Hilltop
Population	858 → 466 (-45.7%)	808 → 655 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$45,953 → $19,500 (-57.6%)	$71,167 → $48,750 (-31.5%)
Median home value	$65,800 → $71,600 (+8.8%)	$73,800 → $61,900 (-16.1%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $441 (-33.7%)	—

Gauley Bridge

Population

858466

Median household income

$45,953$19,500

Median home value

$65,800$71,600

Median gross rent

$665$441

Hilltop

Population

808655

Median household income

$71,167$48,750

Median home value

$73,800$61,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gauley Bridge	Hilltop
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	6.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	21.2%	3.2%
35 to 44	4.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	29.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	13.7%	6.4%
75 and over	9.7%	24.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gauley Bridge	Hilltop
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	84.0%
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	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gauley Bridge	Hilltop
No high school diploma	24.9%	19.5%
High school graduate	41.8%	53.8%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gauley Bridge	Hilltop
Drove alone	95.9%	43.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	21.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	9.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gauley Bridge	Hilltop
1-unit, detached	78.4%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Gauley Bridge	Hilltop
Poverty rate	39.1%	20.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	33	17
Median year structure built	1955	1949