Cross Lanes vs South Charleston

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

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

South Charleston has the higher population (13,594 vs 10,172 in Cross Lanes). Cross Lanes has the higher median household income ($62,704 vs $59,616 in South Charleston). South Charleston has the higher median home value ($144,800 vs $144,000 in Cross Lanes).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Lanes	South Charleston
Population	10,172	13,594
Median age	43.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,704	$59,616
Median home value	$144,000	$144,800
Median gross rent	$916	$857
Housing units	5,316	6,733
Homeownership rate	75.1%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Lanes	South Charleston
Population	9,274 → 10,172 (+9.7%)	12,475 → 13,594 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$67,010 → $62,704 (-6.4%)	$53,713 → $59,616 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $144,000 (+3.8%)	$130,700 → $144,800 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$802 → $916 (+14.2%)	$702 → $857 (+22.1%)

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

South Charleston

Population

12,47513,594

Median household income

$53,713$59,616

Median home value

$130,700$144,800

Median gross rent

$702$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Lanes	South Charleston
Under 5	6.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.9%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	16.2%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	9.7%
75 and over	7.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Lanes	South Charleston
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	84.9%
Black or African American	3.4%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Lanes	South Charleston
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	39.2%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Lanes	South Charleston
Drove alone	80.8%	77.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	9.2%
Public transit	1.5%	1.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	8.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Lanes	South Charleston
1-unit, detached	66.7%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	9.8%
20 or more units	10.2%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Cross Lanes	South Charleston
Poverty rate	7.2%	21.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1975	1958