Meadow Bridge vs Powellton

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

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

Powellton has the higher population (518 vs 504 in Meadow Bridge). Meadow Bridge has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $68,300 in Powellton). Since 2019, Meadow Bridge's population has grown faster (+19.4% vs -32.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Meadow Bridge	Powellton
Population	504	518
Median age	44.3 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,089	—
Median home value	$108,000	$68,300
Median gross rent	$633	—
Housing units	244	266
Homeownership rate	79.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadow Bridge	Powellton
Population	422 → 504 (+19.4%)	763 → 518 (-32.1%)
Median household income	$33,523 → $40,089 (+19.6%)	$50,656 → $42,462 (-16.2%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $108,000 (+58.6%)	$56,500 → $68,300 (+20.9%)
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

Powellton

Population

763518

Median household income

$50,656$42,462

Median home value

$56,500$68,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meadow Bridge	Powellton
Under 5	10.3%	10.2%
5 to 17	10.9%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	8.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	22.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	17.6%
55 to 64	9.3%	3.3%
65 to 74	23.0%	16.4%
75 and over	6.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadow Bridge	Powellton
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	0.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadow Bridge	Powellton
No high school diploma	6.6%	45.0%
High school graduate	69.6%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadow Bridge	Powellton
Drove alone	84.3%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Other means	10.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadow Bridge	Powellton
1-unit, detached	78.3%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Meadow Bridge	Powellton
Poverty rate	15.5%	37.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1972	1964