Middleway vs Shannondale

A side-by-side comparison of Middleway and Shannondale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shannondale has the higher population (3,441 vs 403 in Middleway). Middleway has the higher median home value ($349,300 vs $255,000 in Shannondale). Since 2019, Shannondale's population has grown faster (-0.5% vs -1.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Middleway	Shannondale
Population	403	3,441
Median age	42.0 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$72,283
Median home value	$349,300	$255,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,222
Housing units	144	1,783
Homeownership rate	89.6%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middleway	Shannondale
Population	410 → 403 (-1.7%)	3,459 → 3,441 (-0.5%)
Median household income	—	$71,453 → $72,283 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$240,000 → $349,300 (+45.5%)	$183,100 → $255,000 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,368 → $1,222 (-10.7%)

Middleway

Population

410403

Median home value

$240,000$349,300

Shannondale

Population

3,4593,441

Median household income

$71,453$72,283

Median home value

$183,100$255,000

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middleway	Shannondale
Under 5	9.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	8.2%	9.7%
18 to 24	15.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	17.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	18.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.0%
75 and over	10.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middleway	Shannondale
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middleway	Shannondale
No high school diploma	6.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	24.8%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	44.8%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middleway	Shannondale
Drove alone	64.4%	81.6%
Carpooled	11.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middleway	Shannondale
1-unit, detached	91.7%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Middleway	Shannondale
Poverty rate	4.0%	13.9%
Average household size	2.80	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	16	47
Median year structure built	1971	1991