Cross Lanes vs Pinch

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

Cross Lanes and Pinch 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 3,893 in Pinch). Pinch has the higher median household income ($72,406 vs $62,704 in Cross Lanes). Pinch has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $144,000 in Cross Lanes).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Lanes	Pinch
Population	10,172	3,893
Median age	43.0 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,704	$72,406
Median home value	$144,000	$198,400
Median gross rent	$916	$865
Housing units	5,316	1,414
Homeownership rate	75.1%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Lanes	Pinch
Population	9,274 → 10,172 (+9.7%)	2,746 → 3,893 (+41.8%)
Median household income	$67,010 → $62,704 (-6.4%)	$74,926 → $72,406 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $144,000 (+3.8%)	$167,300 → $198,400 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$802 → $916 (+14.2%)	$1,038 → $865 (-16.7%)

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

Pinch

Population

2,7463,893

Median household income

$74,926$72,406

Median home value

$167,300$198,400

Median gross rent

$1,038$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Lanes	Pinch
Under 5	6.2%	9.5%
5 to 17	11.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	1.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	4.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	7.7%
45 to 54	15.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	8.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	14.9%	18.5%
75 and over	7.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Lanes	Pinch
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	95.2%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.0%
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%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Lanes	Pinch
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	39.2%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Lanes	Pinch
Drove alone	80.8%	67.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	12.6%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	20.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Lanes	Pinch
1-unit, detached	66.7%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	10.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Cross Lanes	Pinch
Poverty rate	7.2%	4.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1975	1980