Meadow Bridge vs Mount Carbon

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

Meadow 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 504 in Meadow Bridge). Mount Carbon has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $108,000 in Meadow Bridge). Since 2019, Mount Carbon's population has grown faster (+33.4% vs +19.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Meadow Bridge	Mount Carbon
Population	504	519
Median age	44.3 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,089	—
Median home value	$108,000	$275,000
Median gross rent	$633	—
Housing units	244	190
Homeownership rate	79.1%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadow Bridge	Mount Carbon
Population	422 → 504 (+19.4%)	389 → 519 (+33.4%)
Median household income	$33,523 → $40,089 (+19.6%)	—
Median home value	$68,100 → $108,000 (+58.6%)	$140,300 → $275,000 (+96.0%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $633 (+9.0%)	—

Meadow Bridge

Population

422504

Median household income

$33,523$40,089

Median home value

$68,100$108,000

Median gross rent

$581$633

Mount Carbon

Population

389519

Median home value

$140,300$275,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meadow Bridge	Mount Carbon
Under 5	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	19.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	15.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	19.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	23.0%	13.1%
75 and over	6.2%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadow Bridge	Mount Carbon
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadow Bridge	Mount Carbon
No high school diploma	6.6%	21.1%
High school graduate	69.6%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	2.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadow Bridge	Mount Carbon
Drove alone	84.3%	78.3%
Carpooled	2.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	21.7%
Other means	10.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadow Bridge	Mount Carbon
1-unit, detached	78.3%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Meadow Bridge	Mount Carbon
Poverty rate	15.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1972	1979