Chesapeake vs Tornado

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

Chesapeake and Tornado 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 1,101 in Tornado). Tornado has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $60,526 in Chesapeake). Tornado has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $83,100 in Chesapeake).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake	Tornado
Population	1,615	1,101
Median age	41.2 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,526	$81,875
Median home value	$83,100	$156,500
Median gross rent	$979	$1,367
Housing units	774	405
Homeownership rate	74.5%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake	Tornado
Population	1,915 → 1,615 (-15.7%)	1,187 → 1,101 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$38,550 → $60,526 (+57.0%)	$67,564 → $81,875 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $83,100 (+33.0%)	$128,600 → $156,500 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $979 (+37.7%)	$1,109 → $1,367 (+23.3%)

Chesapeake

Population

1,9151,615

Median household income

$38,550$60,526

Median home value

$62,500$83,100

Median gross rent

$711$979

Tornado

Population

1,1871,101

Median household income

$67,564$81,875

Median home value

$128,600$156,500

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesapeake	Tornado
Under 5	8.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	23.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	16.2%
75 and over	7.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake	Tornado
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake	Tornado
No high school diploma	14.4%	11.6%
High school graduate	47.9%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake	Tornado
Drove alone	82.2%	95.6%
Carpooled	11.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	1.1%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake	Tornado
1-unit, detached	67.4%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake	Tornado
Poverty rate	18.5%	7.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1961	1979