Ronceverte vs White Sulphur Springs

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

Ronceverte 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.

White Sulphur Springs has the higher population (2,646 vs 1,523 in Ronceverte). Ronceverte has the higher median household income ($43,445 vs $43,388 in White Sulphur Springs). White Sulphur Springs has the higher median home value ($119,600 vs $117,500 in Ronceverte).

Population, income & housing

	Ronceverte	White Sulphur Springs
Population	1,523	2,646
Median age	36.5 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,445	$43,388
Median home value	$117,500	$119,600
Median gross rent	$820	$797
Housing units	744	1,378
Homeownership rate	63.0%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ronceverte	White Sulphur Springs
Population	2,055 → 1,523 (-25.9%)	3,036 → 2,646 (-12.8%)
Median household income	$46,000 → $43,445 (-5.6%)	$36,667 → $43,388 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $117,500 (+20.4%)	$125,700 → $119,600 (-4.9%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $820 (+22.0%)	$637 → $797 (+25.1%)

Ronceverte

Population

2,0551,523

Median household income

$46,000$43,445

Median home value

$97,600$117,500

Median gross rent

$672$820

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)

	Ronceverte	White Sulphur Springs
Under 5	4.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	21.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	18.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	6.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	15.1%
75 and over	3.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ronceverte	White Sulphur Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	85.0%
Black or African American	7.9%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	7.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ronceverte	White Sulphur Springs
No high school diploma	10.4%	7.3%
High school graduate	39.2%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ronceverte	White Sulphur Springs
Drove alone	92.1%	81.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.4%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ronceverte	White Sulphur Springs
1-unit, detached	75.8%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	11.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ronceverte	White Sulphur Springs
Poverty rate	20.7%	24.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	19	13
Median year structure built	1957	1965