Pratt vs Shrewsbury

A side-by-side comparison of Pratt and Shrewsbury: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pratt has the higher population (406 vs 329 in Shrewsbury). Pratt has the higher median household income ($61,042 vs $48,674 in Shrewsbury). Pratt has the higher median home value ($128,700 vs $79,500 in Shrewsbury).

Population, income & housing

	Pratt	Shrewsbury
Population	406	329
Median age	44.2 yrs	67.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,042	$48,674
Median home value	$128,700	$79,500
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	176	155
Homeownership rate	76.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	3.0%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pratt	Shrewsbury
Population	380 → 406 (+6.8%)	802 → 329 (-59.0%)
Median household income	$58,333 → $61,042 (+4.6%)	$77,679 → $48,674 (-37.3%)
Median home value	$125,700 → $128,700 (+2.4%)	$85,900 → $79,500 (-7.5%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $775 (+4.4%)	—

Pratt

Population

380406

Median household income

$58,333$61,042

Median home value

$125,700$128,700

Median gross rent

$742$775

Shrewsbury

Population

802329

Median household income

$77,679$48,674

Median home value

$85,900$79,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pratt	Shrewsbury
Under 5	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	19.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	7.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	8.4%	6.4%
65 to 74	15.0%	34.3%
75 and over	10.8%	23.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pratt	Shrewsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pratt	Shrewsbury
No high school diploma	0.4%	24.5%
High school graduate	50.5%	56.6%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pratt	Shrewsbury
Drove alone	92.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pratt	Shrewsbury
1-unit, detached	80.1%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	35.5%

Poverty & households

	Pratt	Shrewsbury
Poverty rate	26.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.96	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1967	2000