Cross Lanes vs Nitro

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

Cross Lanes and Nitro 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 6,941 in Nitro). Cross Lanes has the higher median household income ($62,704 vs $52,247 in Nitro). Cross Lanes has the higher median home value ($144,000 vs $120,400 in Nitro).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Lanes	Nitro
Population	10,172	6,941
Median age	43.0 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,704	$52,247
Median home value	$144,000	$120,400
Median gross rent	$916	$916
Housing units	5,316	3,499
Homeownership rate	75.1%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Lanes	Nitro
Population	9,274 → 10,172 (+9.7%)	5,997 → 6,941 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$67,010 → $62,704 (-6.4%)	$41,076 → $52,247 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $144,000 (+3.8%)	$97,900 → $120,400 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$802 → $916 (+14.2%)	$739 → $916 (+24.0%)

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

Nitro

Population

5,9976,941

Median household income

$41,076$52,247

Median home value

$97,900$120,400

Median gross rent

$739$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Lanes	Nitro
Under 5	6.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	11.1%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	15.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	8.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	10.8%
75 and over	7.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Lanes	Nitro
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	91.2%
Black or African American	3.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Lanes	Nitro
No high school diploma	3.2%	11.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Lanes	Nitro
Drove alone	80.8%	90.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.7%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	2.5%
Other means	1.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Lanes	Nitro
1-unit, detached	66.7%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	6.9%
20 or more units	10.2%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Cross Lanes	Nitro
Poverty rate	7.2%	21.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1975	1958