Lewisburg vs Ronceverte

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

Lewisburg and Ronceverte 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 1,523 in Ronceverte). Lewisburg has the higher median household income ($52,798 vs $43,445 in Ronceverte). Lewisburg has the higher median home value ($287,400 vs $117,500 in Ronceverte).

Population, income & housing

	Lewisburg	Ronceverte
Population	3,871	1,523
Median age	42.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,798	$43,445
Median home value	$287,400	$117,500
Median gross rent	$803	$820
Housing units	2,258	744
Homeownership rate	58.9%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.5%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewisburg	Ronceverte
Population	3,886 → 3,871 (-0.4%)	2,055 → 1,523 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$31,830 → $52,798 (+65.9%)	$46,000 → $43,445 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$228,900 → $287,400 (+25.6%)	$97,600 → $117,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $803 (+42.1%)	$672 → $820 (+22.0%)

Lewisburg

Population

3,8863,871

Median household income

$31,830$52,798

Median home value

$228,900$287,400

Median gross rent

$565$803

Ronceverte

Population

2,0551,523

Median household income

$46,000$43,445

Median home value

$97,600$117,500

Median gross rent

$672$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewisburg	Ronceverte
Under 5	3.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	7.8%
75 and over	11.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewisburg	Ronceverte
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	83.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewisburg	Ronceverte
No high school diploma	6.5%	10.4%
High school graduate	13.2%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	28.9%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewisburg	Ronceverte
Drove alone	83.4%	92.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewisburg	Ronceverte
1-unit, detached	60.9%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	20.6%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	2.3%
20 or more units	13.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Lewisburg	Ronceverte
Poverty rate	22.2%	20.7%
Average household size	1.97	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1981	1957