Chapmanville vs Crooked Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Chapmanville and Crooked Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chapmanville has the higher population (1,005 vs 675 in Crooked Creek). Crooked Creek has the higher median household income ($40,104 vs $35,655 in Chapmanville). Since 2019, Crooked Creek's population has grown faster (+83.4% vs -12.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Chapmanville	Crooked Creek
Population	1,005	675
Median age	56.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,655	$40,104
Median home value	$216,700	—
Median gross rent	$566	—
Housing units	546	320
Homeownership rate	47.2%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	17.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chapmanville	Crooked Creek
Population	1,154 → 1,005 (-12.9%)	368 → 675 (+83.4%)
Median household income	$31,518 → $35,655 (+13.1%)	$32,298 → $40,104 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $216,700 (+96.5%)	$88,900 → $87,900 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $566 (-7.7%)	—

Chapmanville

Population

1,1541,005

Median household income

$31,518$35,655

Median home value

$110,300$216,700

Median gross rent

$613$566

Crooked Creek

Population

368675

Median household income

$32,298$40,104

Median home value

$88,900$87,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chapmanville	Crooked Creek
Under 5	8.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	8.5%	23.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	16.4%
35 to 44	7.5%	15.3%
45 to 54	5.5%	3.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	15.0%
75 and over	21.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chapmanville	Crooked Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chapmanville	Crooked Creek
No high school diploma	15.7%	24.3%
High school graduate	35.8%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chapmanville	Crooked Creek
Drove alone	74.2%	63.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	37.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chapmanville	Crooked Creek
1-unit, detached	59.7%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	21.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Chapmanville	Crooked Creek
Poverty rate	25.1%	25.2%
Average household size	1.99	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1984	1940