Hilltop vs Meadow Bridge

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

Hilltop 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.

Hilltop has the higher population (655 vs 504 in Meadow Bridge). Hilltop has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $40,089 in Meadow Bridge). Meadow Bridge has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $61,900 in Hilltop).

Population, income & housing

	Hilltop	Meadow Bridge
Population	655	504
Median age	50.2 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$40,089
Median home value	$61,900	$108,000
Median gross rent	—	$633
Housing units	236	244
Homeownership rate	82.5%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hilltop	Meadow Bridge
Population	808 → 655 (-18.9%)	422 → 504 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$71,167 → $48,750 (-31.5%)	$33,523 → $40,089 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $61,900 (-16.1%)	$68,100 → $108,000 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$581 → $633 (+9.0%)

Hilltop

Population

808655

Median household income

$71,167$48,750

Median home value

$73,800$61,900

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)

	Hilltop	Meadow Bridge
Under 5	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 17	6.4%	10.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	3.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	29.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.4%	23.0%
75 and over	24.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hilltop	Meadow Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	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	1.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hilltop	Meadow Bridge
No high school diploma	19.5%	6.6%
High school graduate	53.8%	69.6%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hilltop	Meadow Bridge
Drove alone	43.0%	84.3%
Carpooled	21.3%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	1.5%
Other means	9.0%	10.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hilltop	Meadow Bridge
1-unit, detached	85.6%	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	14.4%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Hilltop	Meadow Bridge
Poverty rate	20.7%	15.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1949	1972