Glasgow vs Tornado

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

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

Tornado has the higher population (1,101 vs 800 in Glasgow). Tornado has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $51,304 in Glasgow). Tornado has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $96,900 in Glasgow).

Population, income & housing

	Glasgow	Tornado
Population	800	1,101
Median age	55.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,304	$81,875
Median home value	$96,900	$156,500
Median gross rent	$879	$1,367
Housing units	337	405
Homeownership rate	84.1%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glasgow	Tornado
Population	768 → 800 (+4.2%)	1,187 → 1,101 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$45,208 → $51,304 (+13.5%)	$67,564 → $81,875 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $96,900 (+15.2%)	$128,600 → $156,500 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $879 (+16.6%)	$1,109 → $1,367 (+23.3%)

Glasgow

Population

768800

Median household income

$45,208$51,304

Median home value

$84,100$96,900

Median gross rent

$754$879

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)

	Glasgow	Tornado
Under 5	1.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	10.1%	23.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	24.8%	16.2%
75 and over	11.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glasgow	Tornado
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glasgow	Tornado
No high school diploma	20.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	38.7%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glasgow	Tornado
Drove alone	80.1%	95.6%
Carpooled	14.3%	3.3%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glasgow	Tornado
1-unit, detached	71.8%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Glasgow	Tornado
Poverty rate	21.1%	7.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1975	1979