Cross Lanes vs Dunbar

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

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

Cross Lanes has the higher population (10,172 vs 7,340 in Dunbar). Cross Lanes has the higher median household income ($62,704 vs $54,647 in Dunbar). Cross Lanes has the higher median home value ($144,000 vs $121,100 in Dunbar).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Lanes	Dunbar
Population	10,172	7,340
Median age	43.0 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,704	$54,647
Median home value	$144,000	$121,100
Median gross rent	$916	$904
Housing units	5,316	4,096
Homeownership rate	75.1%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Lanes	Dunbar
Population	9,274 → 10,172 (+9.7%)	7,333 → 7,340 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$67,010 → $62,704 (-6.4%)	$44,009 → $54,647 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $144,000 (+3.8%)	$98,400 → $121,100 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$802 → $916 (+14.2%)	$856 → $904 (+5.6%)

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

Dunbar

Population

7,3337,340

Median household income

$44,009$54,647

Median home value

$98,400$121,100

Median gross rent

$856$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Lanes	Dunbar
Under 5	6.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	11.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	8.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.9%	11.2%
75 and over	7.7%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Lanes	Dunbar
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	75.1%
Black or African American	3.4%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Lanes	Dunbar
No high school diploma	3.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	39.2%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Lanes	Dunbar
Drove alone	80.8%	85.3%
Carpooled	6.8%	6.1%
Public transit	1.5%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	5.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Lanes	Dunbar
1-unit, detached	66.7%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	7.9%
20 or more units	10.2%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Cross Lanes	Dunbar
Poverty rate	7.2%	18.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1975	1956