Gauley Bridge vs Mount Carbon

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

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

Mount Carbon has the higher population (519 vs 466 in Gauley Bridge). Mount Carbon has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $71,600 in Gauley Bridge). Since 2019, Mount Carbon's population has grown faster (+33.4% vs -45.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Gauley Bridge	Mount Carbon
Population	466	519
Median age	45.1 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$19,500	—
Median home value	$71,600	$275,000
Median gross rent	$441	—
Housing units	310	190
Homeownership rate	58.9%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gauley Bridge	Mount Carbon
Population	858 → 466 (-45.7%)	389 → 519 (+33.4%)
Median household income	$45,953 → $19,500 (-57.6%)	—
Median home value	$65,800 → $71,600 (+8.8%)	$140,300 → $275,000 (+96.0%)
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

Mount Carbon

Population

389519

Median home value

$140,300$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gauley Bridge	Mount Carbon
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	19.5%
25 to 34	21.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	4.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	19.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	13.7%	13.1%
75 and over	9.7%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gauley Bridge	Mount Carbon
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gauley Bridge	Mount Carbon
No high school diploma	24.9%	21.1%
High school graduate	41.8%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	2.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gauley Bridge	Mount Carbon
Drove alone	95.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gauley Bridge	Mount Carbon
1-unit, detached	78.4%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gauley Bridge	Mount Carbon
Poverty rate	39.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1955	1979