Charleston vs Cross Lanes

A side-by-side comparison of Charleston and Cross Lanes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Charleston has the higher population (47,918 vs 10,172 in Cross Lanes). Charleston has the higher median household income ($64,512 vs $62,704 in Cross Lanes). Charleston has the higher median home value ($187,300 vs $144,000 in Cross Lanes).

Population, income & housing

	Charleston	Cross Lanes
Population	47,918	10,172
Median age	42.6 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,512	$62,704
Median home value	$187,300	$144,000
Median gross rent	$898	$916
Housing units	25,586	5,316
Homeownership rate	62.8%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleston	Cross Lanes
Population	48,006 → 47,918 (-0.2%)	9,274 → 10,172 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$43,344 → $64,512 (+48.8%)	$67,010 → $62,704 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $187,300 (+28.5%)	$138,700 → $144,000 (+3.8%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $898 (+22.2%)	$802 → $916 (+14.2%)

Charleston

Population

48,00647,918

Median household income

$43,344$64,512

Median home value

$145,800$187,300

Median gross rent

$735$898

Cross Lanes

Population

9,27410,172

Median household income

$67,010$62,704

Median home value

$138,700$144,000

Median gross rent

$802$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charleston	Cross Lanes
Under 5	4.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	11.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	8.9%
65 to 74	12.7%	14.9%
75 and over	8.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleston	Cross Lanes
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	89.5%
Black or African American	11.8%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleston	Cross Lanes
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	22.8%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleston	Cross Lanes
Drove alone	70.7%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.8%
Public transit	2.1%	1.5%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	9.2%
Other means	1.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleston	Cross Lanes
1-unit, detached	66.6%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	5.4%
20 or more units	10.5%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Charleston	Cross Lanes
Poverty rate	16.5%	7.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1956	1975