Spelter vs Wolf Summit

A side-by-side comparison of Spelter and Wolf Summit: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wolf Summit has the higher population (216 vs 105 in Spelter). Since 2019, Wolf Summit's population has grown faster (+60.0% vs -67.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Spelter	Wolf Summit
Population	105	216
Median age	53.0 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$34,120
Median home value	—	$115,800
Housing units	89	164
Homeownership rate	47.2%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spelter	Wolf Summit
Population	325 → 105 (-67.7%)	135 → 216 (+60.0%)
Median household income	—	$39,583 → $34,120 (-13.8%)
Median home value	$46,000 → $39,100 (-15.0%)	$131,900 → $115,800 (-12.2%)

Spelter

Population

325105

Median home value

$46,000$39,100

Wolf Summit

Population

135216

Median household income

$39,583$34,120

Median home value

$131,900$115,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spelter	Wolf Summit
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	40.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	1.4%
45 to 54	20.0%	17.1%
55 to 64	4.8%	34.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	31.0%
75 and over	35.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spelter	Wolf Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	96.3%
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	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spelter	Wolf Summit
No high school diploma	0.0%	27.7%
High school graduate	84.8%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spelter	Wolf Summit
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spelter	Wolf Summit
1-unit, detached	100.0%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Spelter	Wolf Summit
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.3%
Average household size	1.18	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1938	1985