Lewisburg vs White Sulphur Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Lewisburg and White Sulphur Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Lewisburg and White Sulphur Springs 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 2,646 in White Sulphur Springs). Lewisburg has the higher median household income ($52,798 vs $43,388 in White Sulphur Springs). Lewisburg has the higher median home value ($287,400 vs $119,600 in White Sulphur Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Lewisburg	White Sulphur Springs
Population	3,871	2,646
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,798	$43,388
Median home value	$287,400	$119,600
Median gross rent	$803	$797
Housing units	2,258	1,378
Homeownership rate	58.9%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.5%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewisburg	White Sulphur Springs
Population	3,886 → 3,871 (-0.4%)	3,036 → 2,646 (-12.8%)
Median household income	$31,830 → $52,798 (+65.9%)	$36,667 → $43,388 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$228,900 → $287,400 (+25.6%)	$125,700 → $119,600 (-4.9%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $803 (+42.1%)	$637 → $797 (+25.1%)

Lewisburg

Population

3,8863,871

Median household income

$31,830$52,798

Median home value

$228,900$287,400

Median gross rent

$565$803

White Sulphur Springs

Population

3,0362,646

Median household income

$36,667$43,388

Median home value

$125,700$119,600

Median gross rent

$637$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewisburg	White Sulphur Springs
Under 5	3.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	9.0%	18.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	6.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.0%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.1%
75 and over	11.1%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewisburg	White Sulphur Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	85.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	9.8%
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%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewisburg	White Sulphur Springs
No high school diploma	6.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	13.2%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.9%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewisburg	White Sulphur Springs
Drove alone	83.4%	81.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	5.9%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewisburg	White Sulphur Springs
1-unit, detached	60.9%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	11.8%
20 or more units	13.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lewisburg	White Sulphur Springs
Poverty rate	22.2%	24.1%
Average household size	1.97	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	14	13
Median year structure built	1981	1965