Shrewsbury vs West Dunbar

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

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

West Dunbar has the higher population (385 vs 329 in Shrewsbury). Shrewsbury has the higher median household income ($48,674 vs $37,188 in West Dunbar). West Dunbar has the higher median home value ($83,300 vs $79,500 in Shrewsbury).

Population, income & housing

	Shrewsbury	West Dunbar
Population	329	385
Median age	67.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,674	$37,188
Median home value	$79,500	$83,300
Median gross rent	—	$905
Housing units	155	373
Homeownership rate	100.0%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.0%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shrewsbury	West Dunbar
Population	802 → 329 (-59.0%)	400 → 385 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$77,679 → $48,674 (-37.3%)	$43,229 → $37,188 (-14.0%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $79,500 (-7.5%)	$43,500 → $83,300 (+91.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$743 → $905 (+21.8%)

Shrewsbury

Population

802329

Median household income

$77,679$48,674

Median home value

$85,900$79,500

West Dunbar

Population

400385

Median household income

$43,229$37,188

Median home value

$43,500$83,300

Median gross rent

$743$905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shrewsbury	West Dunbar
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.9%
18 to 24	19.5%	33.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	16.6%
55 to 64	6.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	34.3%	9.1%
75 and over	23.7%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shrewsbury	West Dunbar
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	37.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	55.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shrewsbury	West Dunbar
No high school diploma	24.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	56.6%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shrewsbury	West Dunbar
Drove alone	100.0%	98.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shrewsbury	West Dunbar
1-unit, detached	64.5%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	35.5%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Shrewsbury	West Dunbar
Poverty rate	0.0%	22.1%
Average household size	2.12	1.48
Mean commute (minutes)	—	15
Median year structure built	2000	1977