East View vs Lost Creek

A side-by-side comparison of East View and Lost Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East View has the higher population (625 vs 317 in Lost Creek). Lost Creek has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $54,773 in East View). Lost Creek has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $65,900 in East View).

Population, income & housing

	East View	Lost Creek
Population	625	317
Median age	52.0 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,773	$68,750
Median home value	$65,900	$106,300
Median gross rent	$639	—
Housing units	317	155
Homeownership rate	55.0%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East View	Lost Creek
Population	642 → 625 (-2.6%)	481 → 317 (-34.1%)
Median household income	$36,379 → $54,773 (+50.6%)	$51,786 → $68,750 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$48,200 → $65,900 (+36.7%)	$103,500 → $106,300 (+2.7%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $639 (-9.6%)	$675 → $1,092 (+61.8%)

East View

Population

642625

Median household income

$36,379$54,773

Median home value

$48,200$65,900

Median gross rent

$707$639

Lost Creek

Population

481317

Median household income

$51,786$68,750

Median home value

$103,500$106,300

Median gross rent

$675$1,092

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East View	Lost Creek
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	2.1%	18.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	23.8%	15.8%
55 to 64	19.8%	17.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	3.8%
75 and over	5.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East View	Lost Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	98.1%
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	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East View	Lost Creek
No high school diploma	13.7%	8.3%
High school graduate	49.8%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East View	Lost Creek
Drove alone	94.6%	88.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East View	Lost Creek
1-unit, detached	60.9%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	East View	Lost Creek
Poverty rate	4.1%	14.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1957	1942