Alderson vs Falling Spring

A side-by-side comparison of Alderson and Falling Spring: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alderson has the higher population (1,182 vs 148 in Falling Spring). Falling Spring has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $33,794 in Alderson). Alderson has the higher median home value ($119,200 vs $85,000 in Falling Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Alderson	Falling Spring
Population	1,182	148
Median age	53.5 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$33,794	$43,750
Median home value	$119,200	$85,000
Median gross rent	$724	—
Housing units	660	123
Homeownership rate	70.6%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alderson	Falling Spring
Population	1,135 → 1,182 (+4.1%)	177 → 148 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $33,794 (+8.1%)	$36,250 → $43,750 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$85,500 → $119,200 (+39.4%)	$110,200 → $85,000 (-22.9%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $724 (+14.7%)	—

Alderson

Population

1,1351,182

Median household income

$31,250$33,794

Median home value

$85,500$119,200

Median gross rent

$631$724

Falling Spring

Population

177148

Median household income

$36,250$43,750

Median home value

$110,200$85,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alderson	Falling Spring
Under 5	6.6%	2.0%
5 to 17	11.5%	8.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	2.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	5.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	17.6%
55 to 64	19.7%	35.1%
65 to 74	19.5%	14.2%
75 and over	9.6%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alderson	Falling Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alderson	Falling Spring
No high school diploma	25.2%	14.3%
High school graduate	48.5%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	14.0%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alderson	Falling Spring
Drove alone	78.2%	77.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.3%
Other means	13.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alderson	Falling Spring
1-unit, detached	78.5%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Alderson	Falling Spring
Poverty rate	40.3%	0.7%
Average household size	2.13	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	62	30
Median year structure built	1955	1948