Moorefield vs Wardensville

A side-by-side comparison of Moorefield and Wardensville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moorefield has the higher population (2,952 vs 346 in Wardensville). Moorefield has the higher median household income ($47,308 vs $38,889 in Wardensville). Wardensville has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $121,400 in Moorefield).

Population, income & housing

	Moorefield	Wardensville
Population	2,952	346
Median age	44.3 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,308	$38,889
Median home value	$121,400	$184,400
Median gross rent	$665	$538
Housing units	1,361	177
Homeownership rate	69.4%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moorefield	Wardensville
Population	3,280 → 2,952 (-10.0%)	320 → 346 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$43,066 → $47,308 (+9.8%)	$46,813 → $38,889 (-16.9%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $121,400 (+15.5%)	$154,200 → $184,400 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $665 (-11.7%)	$710 → $538 (-24.2%)

Moorefield

Population

3,2802,952

Median household income

$43,066$47,308

Median home value

$105,100$121,400

Median gross rent

$753$665

Wardensville

Population

320346

Median household income

$46,813$38,889

Median home value

$154,200$184,400

Median gross rent

$710$538

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moorefield	Wardensville
Under 5	1.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	18.5%	7.5%
75 and over	4.9%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moorefield	Wardensville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.8%	97.4%
Black or African American	19.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moorefield	Wardensville
No high school diploma	13.9%	15.6%
High school graduate	50.4%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moorefield	Wardensville
Drove alone	76.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.6%	1.4%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moorefield	Wardensville
1-unit, detached	63.3%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	12.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Moorefield	Wardensville
Poverty rate	13.4%	21.2%
Average household size	2.41	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	14	32
Median year structure built	1965	1969