Lost Creek vs Spelter

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

Lost Creek and Spelter 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 105 in Spelter). Since 2019, Lost Creek's population has grown faster (-34.1% vs -67.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Lost Creek	Spelter
Population	317	105
Median age	40.4 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	—
Median home value	$106,300	—
Housing units	155	89
Homeownership rate	77.0%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lost Creek	Spelter
Population	481 → 317 (-34.1%)	325 → 105 (-67.7%)
Median household income	$51,786 → $68,750 (+32.8%)	—
Median home value	$103,500 → $106,300 (+2.7%)	$46,000 → $39,100 (-15.0%)
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

Spelter

Population

325105

Median home value

$46,000$39,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lost Creek	Spelter
Under 5	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	18.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	40.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.8%	20.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	4.8%
65 to 74	3.8%	0.0%
75 and over	6.6%	35.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lost Creek	Spelter
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	95.2%
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%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lost Creek	Spelter
No high school diploma	8.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.6%	84.8%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lost Creek	Spelter
Drove alone	88.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
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	Spelter
1-unit, detached	81.3%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lost Creek	Spelter
Poverty rate	14.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.60	1.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1942	1938