Meadow Bridge vs Smithers

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

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

Smithers has the higher population (891 vs 504 in Meadow Bridge). Meadow Bridge has the higher median household income ($40,089 vs $32,237 in Smithers). Meadow Bridge has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $72,800 in Smithers).

Population, income & housing

	Meadow Bridge	Smithers
Population	504	891
Median age	44.3 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,089	$32,237
Median home value	$108,000	$72,800
Median gross rent	$633	$496
Housing units	244	436
Homeownership rate	79.1%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadow Bridge	Smithers
Population	422 → 504 (+19.4%)	1,104 → 891 (-19.3%)
Median household income	$33,523 → $40,089 (+19.6%)	$31,000 → $32,237 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $108,000 (+58.6%)	$113,400 → $72,800 (-35.8%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $633 (+9.0%)	$577 → $496 (-14.0%)

Meadow Bridge

Population

422504

Median household income

$33,523$40,089

Median home value

$68,100$108,000

Median gross rent

$581$633

Smithers

Population

1,104891

Median household income

$31,000$32,237

Median home value

$113,400$72,800

Median gross rent

$577$496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meadow Bridge	Smithers
Under 5	10.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.9%	8.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	2.2%
25 to 34	8.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	9.3%	5.4%
65 to 74	23.0%	28.8%
75 and over	6.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadow Bridge	Smithers
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.7%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadow Bridge	Smithers
No high school diploma	6.6%	13.7%
High school graduate	69.6%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadow Bridge	Smithers
Drove alone	84.3%	35.3%
Carpooled	2.2%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	45.6%
Other means	10.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadow Bridge	Smithers
1-unit, detached	78.3%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Meadow Bridge	Smithers
Poverty rate	15.5%	35.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1972	1946