Despard vs Lumberport

A side-by-side comparison of Despard and Lumberport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Despard has the higher population (1,038 vs 756 in Lumberport). Lumberport has the higher median household income ($49,659 vs $33,929 in Despard). Lumberport has the higher median home value ($122,600 vs $82,100 in Despard).

Population, income & housing

	Despard	Lumberport
Population	1,038	756
Median age	33.4 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$33,929	$49,659
Median home value	$82,100	$122,600
Median gross rent	$596	$692
Housing units	488	244
Homeownership rate	56.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	25.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Despard	Lumberport
Population	1,098 → 1,038 (-5.5%)	816 → 756 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $33,929 (-17.7%)	$58,409 → $49,659 (-15.0%)
Median home value	$52,800 → $82,100 (+55.5%)	$90,500 → $122,600 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $596 (-15.3%)	$707 → $692 (-2.1%)

Despard

Population

1,0981,038

Median household income

$41,250$33,929

Median home value

$52,800$82,100

Median gross rent

$704$596

Lumberport

Population

816756

Median household income

$58,409$49,659

Median home value

$90,500$122,600

Median gross rent

$707$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Despard	Lumberport
Under 5	11.7%	2.6%
5 to 17	10.1%	6.3%
18 to 24	13.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	18.2%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	4.5%
45 to 54	6.4%	45.2%
55 to 64	7.5%	5.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.3%
75 and over	10.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Despard	Lumberport
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	91.4%
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	2.1%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Despard	Lumberport
No high school diploma	13.0%	13.1%
High school graduate	55.6%	74.1%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	6.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Despard	Lumberport
Drove alone	69.6%	97.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Despard	Lumberport
1-unit, detached	79.1%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Despard	Lumberport
Poverty rate	26.1%	10.0%
Average household size	2.23	4.37
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1938	1953