Wallace vs Wolf Summit

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

Wallace 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.

Wallace has the higher population (251 vs 216 in Wolf Summit). Wolf Summit has the higher median home value ($115,800 vs $58,100 in Wallace). Since 2019, Wolf Summit's population has grown faster (+60.0% vs -26.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Wallace	Wolf Summit
Population	251	216
Median age	60.6 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$34,120
Median home value	$58,100	$115,800
Housing units	143	164
Homeownership rate	94.4%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wallace	Wolf Summit
Population	339 → 251 (-26.0%)	135 → 216 (+60.0%)
Median household income	$76,761 → $51,818 (-32.5%)	$39,583 → $34,120 (-13.8%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $58,100 (-22.5%)	$131,900 → $115,800 (-12.2%)

Wallace

Population

339251

Median household income

$76,761$51,818

Median home value

$75,000$58,100

Wolf Summit

Population

135216

Median household income

$39,583$34,120

Median home value

$131,900$115,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wallace	Wolf Summit
Under 5	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	1.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	1.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	17.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	34.3%
65 to 74	18.3%	31.0%
75 and over	31.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wallace	Wolf Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	69.3%	96.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	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	13.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wallace	Wolf Summit
No high school diploma	15.7%	27.7%
High school graduate	61.0%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wallace	Wolf Summit
Drove alone	92.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	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)

	Wallace	Wolf Summit
1-unit, detached	74.8%	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	25.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Wallace	Wolf Summit
Poverty rate	21.1%	9.3%
Average household size	2.35	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	56	25
Median year structure built	1948	1985