Lewisburg vs Rainelle

A side-by-side comparison of Lewisburg and Rainelle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lewisburg has the higher population (3,871 vs 1,334 in Rainelle). Lewisburg has the higher median household income ($52,798 vs $36,875 in Rainelle). Lewisburg has the higher median home value ($287,400 vs $73,500 in Rainelle).

Population, income & housing

	Lewisburg	Rainelle
Population	3,871	1,334
Median age	42.1 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,798	$36,875
Median home value	$287,400	$73,500
Median gross rent	$803	$657
Housing units	2,258	689
Homeownership rate	58.9%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.5%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewisburg	Rainelle
Population	3,886 → 3,871 (-0.4%)	1,250 → 1,334 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$31,830 → $52,798 (+65.9%)	$28,125 → $36,875 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$228,900 → $287,400 (+25.6%)	$59,400 → $73,500 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $803 (+42.1%)	$535 → $657 (+22.8%)

Lewisburg

Population

3,8863,871

Median household income

$31,830$52,798

Median home value

$228,900$287,400

Median gross rent

$565$803

Rainelle

Population

1,2501,334

Median household income

$28,125$36,875

Median home value

$59,400$73,500

Median gross rent

$535$657

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewisburg	Rainelle
Under 5	3.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	9.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	15.9%	15.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	21.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	11.8%
75 and over	11.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewisburg	Rainelle
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	89.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewisburg	Rainelle
No high school diploma	6.5%	17.6%
High school graduate	13.2%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewisburg	Rainelle
Drove alone	83.4%	80.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewisburg	Rainelle
1-unit, detached	60.9%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	6.4%
20 or more units	13.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Lewisburg	Rainelle
Poverty rate	22.2%	24.6%
Average household size	1.97	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	14	30
Median year structure built	1981	1973