Gauley Bridge vs Meadow Bridge

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

Gauley Bridge 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 466 in Gauley Bridge). Meadow Bridge has the higher median household income ($40,089 vs $19,500 in Gauley Bridge). Meadow Bridge has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $71,600 in Gauley Bridge).

Population, income & housing

	Gauley Bridge	Meadow Bridge
Population	466	504
Median age	45.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$19,500	$40,089
Median home value	$71,600	$108,000
Median gross rent	$441	$633
Housing units	310	244
Homeownership rate	58.9%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gauley Bridge	Meadow Bridge
Population	858 → 466 (-45.7%)	422 → 504 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$45,953 → $19,500 (-57.6%)	$33,523 → $40,089 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$65,800 → $71,600 (+8.8%)	$68,100 → $108,000 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $441 (-33.7%)	$581 → $633 (+9.0%)

Gauley Bridge

Population

858466

Median household income

$45,953$19,500

Median home value

$65,800$71,600

Median gross rent

$665$441

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)

	Gauley Bridge	Meadow Bridge
Under 5	4.7%	10.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	10.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	21.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	4.1%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	23.0%
75 and over	9.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gauley Bridge	Meadow Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gauley Bridge	Meadow Bridge
No high school diploma	24.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	41.8%	69.6%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gauley Bridge	Meadow Bridge
Drove alone	95.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	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)

	Gauley Bridge	Meadow Bridge
1-unit, detached	78.4%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Gauley Bridge	Meadow Bridge
Poverty rate	39.1%	15.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1955	1972