Middleway vs Shepherdstown

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

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

Shepherdstown has the higher population (1,399 vs 403 in Middleway). Shepherdstown has the higher median home value ($474,500 vs $349,300 in Middleway). Since 2019, Middleway's population has grown faster (-1.7% vs -9.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Middleway	Shepherdstown
Population	403	1,399
Median age	42.0 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$62,500
Median home value	$349,300	$474,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,152
Housing units	144	350
Homeownership rate	89.6%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	71.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middleway	Shepherdstown
Population	410 → 403 (-1.7%)	1,553 → 1,399 (-9.9%)
Median household income	—	$45,833 → $62,500 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$240,000 → $349,300 (+45.5%)	$303,600 → $474,500 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$916 → $1,152 (+25.8%)

Middleway

Population

410403

Median home value

$240,000$349,300

Shepherdstown

Population

1,5531,399

Median household income

$45,833$62,500

Median home value

$303,600$474,500

Median gross rent

$916$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middleway	Shepherdstown
Under 5	9.2%	1.1%
5 to 17	8.2%	4.4%
18 to 24	15.6%	62.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.1%
35 to 44	17.4%	6.9%
45 to 54	18.4%	3.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	3.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.0%
75 and over	10.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middleway	Shepherdstown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middleway	Shepherdstown
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.6%
High school graduate	24.8%	3.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	44.8%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	37.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middleway	Shepherdstown
Drove alone	64.4%	45.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	13.8%	30.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	21.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middleway	Shepherdstown
1-unit, detached	91.7%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	20.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Middleway	Shepherdstown
Poverty rate	4.0%	7.7%
Average household size	2.80	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1971	1938