Alderson vs Quinwood

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

Alderson and Quinwood 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 152 in Quinwood). Alderson has the higher median household income ($33,794 vs $25,417 in Quinwood). Alderson has the higher median home value ($119,200 vs $70,800 in Quinwood).

Population, income & housing

	Alderson	Quinwood
Population	1,182	152
Median age	53.5 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$33,794	$25,417
Median home value	$119,200	$70,800
Median gross rent	$724	$781
Housing units	660	89
Homeownership rate	70.6%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alderson	Quinwood
Population	1,135 → 1,182 (+4.1%)	114 → 152 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $33,794 (+8.1%)	$33,250 → $25,417 (-23.6%)
Median home value	$85,500 → $119,200 (+39.4%)	$53,600 → $70,800 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $724 (+14.7%)	$731 → $781 (+6.8%)

Alderson

Population

1,1351,182

Median household income

$31,250$33,794

Median home value

$85,500$119,200

Median gross rent

$631$724

Quinwood

Population

114152

Median household income

$33,250$25,417

Median home value

$53,600$70,800

Median gross rent

$731$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alderson	Quinwood
Under 5	6.6%	1.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	5.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	13.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	3.9%
35 to 44	8.3%	6.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.8%
55 to 64	19.7%	24.3%
65 to 74	19.5%	17.8%
75 and over	9.6%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alderson	Quinwood
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	92.1%
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%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alderson	Quinwood
No high school diploma	25.2%	18.9%
High school graduate	48.5%	65.6%
Some college or associate's	14.0%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alderson	Quinwood
Drove alone	78.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	13.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alderson	Quinwood
1-unit, detached	78.5%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Alderson	Quinwood
Poverty rate	40.3%	33.6%
Average household size	2.13	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	62	19
Median year structure built	1955	1945