Chesapeake vs Sissonville

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

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

Sissonville has the higher population (2,706 vs 1,615 in Chesapeake). Chesapeake has the higher median household income ($60,526 vs $58,322 in Sissonville). Sissonville has the higher median home value ($166,300 vs $83,100 in Chesapeake).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake	Sissonville
Population	1,615	2,706
Median age	41.2 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,526	$58,322
Median home value	$83,100	$166,300
Median gross rent	$979	$754
Housing units	774	1,726
Homeownership rate	74.5%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake	Sissonville
Population	1,915 → 1,615 (-15.7%)	4,239 → 2,706 (-36.2%)
Median household income	$38,550 → $60,526 (+57.0%)	$43,100 → $58,322 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $83,100 (+33.0%)	$104,700 → $166,300 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $979 (+37.7%)	$725 → $754 (+4.0%)

Chesapeake

Population

1,9151,615

Median household income

$38,550$60,526

Median home value

$62,500$83,100

Median gross rent

$711$979

Sissonville

Population

4,2392,706

Median household income

$43,100$58,322

Median home value

$104,700$166,300

Median gross rent

$725$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesapeake	Sissonville
Under 5	8.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.6%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	16.4%	16.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	16.5%
75 and over	7.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake	Sissonville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	97.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake	Sissonville
No high school diploma	14.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	47.9%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake	Sissonville
Drove alone	82.2%	79.4%
Carpooled	11.2%	11.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	4.5%
Other means	2.5%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake	Sissonville
1-unit, detached	67.4%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake	Sissonville
Poverty rate	18.5%	19.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1961	1978