New Cumberland vs Weirton

A side-by-side comparison of New Cumberland and Weirton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Weirton has the higher population (18,785 vs 949 in New Cumberland). Weirton has the higher median household income ($56,699 vs $39,412 in New Cumberland). Weirton has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $88,600 in New Cumberland).

Population, income & housing

	New Cumberland	Weirton
Population	949	18,785
Median age	48.5 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,412	$56,699
Median home value	$88,600	$122,800
Median gross rent	$672	$750
Housing units	549	9,317
Homeownership rate	57.3%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Cumberland	Weirton
Population	1,079 → 949 (-12.0%)	18,670 → 18,785 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$34,306 → $39,412 (+14.9%)	$49,496 → $56,699 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $88,600 (+9.4%)	$94,800 → $122,800 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$446 → $672 (+50.7%)	$704 → $750 (+6.5%)

New Cumberland

Population

1,079949

Median household income

$34,306$39,412

Median home value

$81,000$88,600

Median gross rent

$446$672

Weirton

Population

18,67018,785

Median household income

$49,496$56,699

Median home value

$94,800$122,800

Median gross rent

$704$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Cumberland	Weirton
Under 5	4.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.5%
65 to 74	16.0%	13.7%
75 and over	12.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Cumberland	Weirton
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Cumberland	Weirton
No high school diploma	19.6%	5.8%
High school graduate	43.8%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Cumberland	Weirton
Drove alone	66.1%	79.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	8.3%
Public transit	2.7%	0.9%
Walked	1.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.0%	9.7%
Other means	14.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Cumberland	Weirton
1-unit, detached	58.1%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	7.0%
20 or more units	13.7%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	New Cumberland	Weirton
Poverty rate	26.7%	14.3%
Average household size	2.10	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1957	1958