Chesapeake vs Marmet

A side-by-side comparison of Chesapeake and Marmet: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chesapeake has the higher population (1,615 vs 1,520 in Marmet). Chesapeake has the higher median household income ($60,526 vs $47,620 in Marmet). Both have a median home value of $83,100.

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake	Marmet
Population	1,615	1,520
Median age	41.2 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,526	$47,620
Median home value	$83,100	$83,100
Median gross rent	$979	$791
Housing units	774	811
Homeownership rate	74.5%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	14.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake	Marmet
Population	1,915 → 1,615 (-15.7%)	1,625 → 1,520 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$38,550 → $60,526 (+57.0%)	$39,500 → $47,620 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $83,100 (+33.0%)	$93,900 → $83,100 (-11.5%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $979 (+37.7%)	$784 → $791 (+0.9%)

Chesapeake

Population

1,9151,615

Median household income

$38,550$60,526

Median home value

$62,500$83,100

Median gross rent

$711$979

Marmet

Population

1,6251,520

Median household income

$39,500$47,620

Median home value

$93,900$83,100

Median gross rent

$784$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesapeake	Marmet
Under 5	8.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	7.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	16.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	19.9%
65 to 74	12.3%	16.0%
75 and over	7.4%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake	Marmet
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	92.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake	Marmet
No high school diploma	14.4%	14.6%
High school graduate	47.9%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake	Marmet
Drove alone	82.2%	70.7%
Carpooled	11.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.9%	7.9%
Walked	1.4%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	5.9%
Other means	2.5%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake	Marmet
1-unit, detached	67.4%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake	Marmet
Poverty rate	18.5%	22.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1961	1962