Hepzibah vs Lost Creek

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

Hepzibah 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.

Lost Creek has the higher population (317 vs 281 in Hepzibah). Hepzibah has the higher median household income ($95,457 vs $68,750 in Lost Creek). Since 2019, Lost Creek's population has grown faster (-34.1% vs -45.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Hepzibah	Lost Creek
Population	281	317
Median age	24.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$95,457	$68,750
Median home value	—	$106,300
Housing units	83	155
Homeownership rate	50.6%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hepzibah	Lost Creek
Population	518 → 281 (-45.8%)	481 → 317 (-34.1%)
Median household income	$71,771 → $95,457 (+33.0%)	$51,786 → $68,750 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$107,400 → $118,900 (+10.7%)	$103,500 → $106,300 (+2.7%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $905 (+23.8%)	$675 → $1,092 (+61.8%)

Hepzibah

Population

518281

Median household income

$71,771$95,457

Median home value

$107,400$118,900

Median gross rent

$731$905

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)

	Hepzibah	Lost Creek
Under 5	24.2%	1.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	18.9%	18.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	15.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	25.3%	3.8%
75 and over	3.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hepzibah	Lost Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hepzibah	Lost Creek
No high school diploma	15.7%	8.3%
High school graduate	41.3%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	6.6%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hepzibah	Lost Creek
Drove alone	100.0%	88.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Hepzibah	Lost Creek
1-unit, detached	100.0%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	Hepzibah	Lost Creek
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.2%
Average household size	3.39	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1938	1942