Falling Spring vs Rupert

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

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

Rupert has the higher population (977 vs 148 in Falling Spring). Falling Spring has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $31,875 in Rupert). Rupert has the higher median home value ($98,100 vs $85,000 in Falling Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Falling Spring	Rupert
Population	148	977
Median age	59.8 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$31,875
Median home value	$85,000	$98,100
Median gross rent	—	$581
Housing units	123	392
Homeownership rate	90.3%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falling Spring	Rupert
Population	177 → 148 (-16.4%)	998 → 977 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $43,750 (+20.7%)	$34,306 → $31,875 (-7.1%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $85,000 (-22.9%)	$77,800 → $98,100 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$535 → $581 (+8.6%)

Falling Spring

Population

177148

Median household income

$36,250$43,750

Median home value

$110,200$85,000

Rupert

Population

998977

Median household income

$34,306$31,875

Median home value

$77,800$98,100

Median gross rent

$535$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falling Spring	Rupert
Under 5	2.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	8.1%	24.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	2.0%	24.8%
35 to 44	5.4%	6.4%
45 to 54	17.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	35.1%	8.1%
65 to 74	14.2%	7.1%
75 and over	15.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falling Spring	Rupert
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falling Spring	Rupert
No high school diploma	14.3%	18.4%
High school graduate	42.9%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falling Spring	Rupert
Drove alone	77.8%	81.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falling Spring	Rupert
1-unit, detached	88.6%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	26.8%

Poverty & households

	Falling Spring	Rupert
Poverty rate	0.7%	49.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1948	1976