Lost Creek vs Reynoldsville

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

Lost Creek and Reynoldsville 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 238 in Reynoldsville). Both have a median household income of $68,750. Lost Creek has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $80,500 in Reynoldsville).

Population, income & housing

	Lost Creek	Reynoldsville
Population	317	238
Median age	40.4 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$68,750
Median home value	$106,300	$80,500
Housing units	155	148
Homeownership rate	77.0%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	16.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lost Creek	Reynoldsville
Population	481 → 317 (-34.1%)	393 → 238 (-39.4%)
Median household income	$51,786 → $68,750 (+32.8%)	$50,536 → $68,750 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$103,500 → $106,300 (+2.7%)	$68,600 → $80,500 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,092 (+61.8%)	—

Lost Creek

Population

481317

Median household income

$51,786$68,750

Median home value

$103,500$106,300

Median gross rent

$675$1,092

Reynoldsville

Population

393238

Median household income

$50,536$68,750

Median home value

$68,600$80,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lost Creek	Reynoldsville
Under 5	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	18.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	8.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	4.6%
45 to 54	15.8%	17.6%
55 to 64	17.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	3.8%	32.8%
75 and over	6.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lost Creek	Reynoldsville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	100.0%
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	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lost Creek	Reynoldsville
No high school diploma	8.3%	14.8%
High school graduate	35.6%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lost Creek	Reynoldsville
Drove alone	88.6%	95.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lost Creek	Reynoldsville
1-unit, detached	81.3%	97.3%
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	18.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Lost Creek	Reynoldsville
Poverty rate	14.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1942	1945