Bayard vs Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Bayard and Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Petersburg has the higher population (3,172 vs 311 in Bayard). Petersburg has the higher median household income ($48,286 vs $30,179 in Bayard). Petersburg has the higher median home value ($136,100 vs $78,500 in Bayard).

Population, income & housing

	Bayard	Petersburg
Population	311	3,172
Median age	44.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$30,179	$48,286
Median home value	$78,500	$136,100
Median gross rent	$715	$622
Housing units	180	1,285
Homeownership rate	84.8%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayard	Petersburg
Population	217 → 311 (+43.3%)	2,574 → 3,172 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$37,000 → $30,179 (-18.4%)	$36,184 → $48,286 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $78,500 (+15.4%)	$127,500 → $136,100 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $715 (+12.1%)	$594 → $622 (+4.7%)

Bayard

Population

217311

Median household income

$37,000$30,179

Median home value

$68,000$78,500

Median gross rent

$638$715

Petersburg

Population

2,5743,172

Median household income

$36,184$48,286

Median home value

$127,500$136,100

Median gross rent

$594$622

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayard	Petersburg
Under 5	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	17.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	7.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.1%
75 and over	11.9%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayard	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	93.8%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayard	Petersburg
No high school diploma	9.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	61.0%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayard	Petersburg
Drove alone	75.9%	89.7%
Carpooled	13.5%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayard	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	90.6%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Bayard	Petersburg
Poverty rate	33.8%	16.3%
Average household size	2.06	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	35	14
Median year structure built	1964	1978