Capon Bridge vs Green Spring

A side-by-side comparison of Capon Bridge and Green Spring: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Capon Bridge has the higher population (405 vs 123 in Green Spring). Green Spring has the higher median household income ($76,406 vs $68,125 in Capon Bridge). Since 2019, Capon Bridge's population has grown faster (-12.5% vs -23.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Capon Bridge	Green Spring
Population	405	123
Median age	32.4 yrs	22.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,125	$76,406
Median home value	$235,500	—
Median gross rent	$1,051	—
Housing units	138	53
Homeownership rate	77.5%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capon Bridge	Green Spring
Population	463 → 405 (-12.5%)	160 → 123 (-23.1%)
Median household income	$44,583 → $68,125 (+52.8%)	$67,632 → $76,406 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$173,300 → $235,500 (+35.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,051 (+19.4%)	—

Capon Bridge

Population

463405

Median household income

$44,583$68,125

Median home value

$173,300$235,500

Median gross rent

$880$1,051

Green Spring

Population

160123

Median household income

$67,632$76,406

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capon Bridge	Green Spring
Under 5	18.3%	17.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	8.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	25.2%
25 to 34	18.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	6.2%	22.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	5.4%	0.0%
75 and over	6.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capon Bridge	Green Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capon Bridge	Green Spring
No high school diploma	10.7%	15.3%
High school graduate	55.1%	66.1%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capon Bridge	Green Spring
Drove alone	74.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	14.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capon Bridge	Green Spring
1-unit, detached	69.6%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.7%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Capon Bridge	Green Spring
Poverty rate	23.6%	0.0%
Average household size	3.38	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	35	—
Median year structure built	1998	1938