Chapmanville vs Mount Gay-Shamrock

A side-by-side comparison of Chapmanville and Mount Gay-Shamrock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Gay-Shamrock has the higher population (1,440 vs 1,005 in Chapmanville). Mount Gay-Shamrock has the higher median household income ($49,063 vs $35,655 in Chapmanville). Chapmanville has the higher median home value ($216,700 vs $81,400 in Mount Gay-Shamrock).

Population, income & housing

	Chapmanville	Mount Gay-Shamrock
Population	1,005	1,440
Median age	56.1 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,655	$49,063
Median home value	$216,700	$81,400
Median gross rent	$566	$598
Housing units	546	823
Homeownership rate	47.2%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chapmanville	Mount Gay-Shamrock
Population	1,154 → 1,005 (-12.9%)	1,413 → 1,440 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$31,518 → $35,655 (+13.1%)	$27,181 → $49,063 (+80.5%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $216,700 (+96.5%)	$71,100 → $81,400 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $566 (-7.7%)	$638 → $598 (-6.3%)

Chapmanville

Population

1,1541,005

Median household income

$31,518$35,655

Median home value

$110,300$216,700

Median gross rent

$613$566

Mount Gay-Shamrock

Population

1,4131,440

Median household income

$27,181$49,063

Median home value

$71,100$81,400

Median gross rent

$638$598

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chapmanville	Mount Gay-Shamrock
Under 5	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.5%	6.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	2.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	2.2%
35 to 44	7.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	5.5%	29.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	20.4%
75 and over	21.4%	16.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chapmanville	Mount Gay-Shamrock
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chapmanville	Mount Gay-Shamrock
No high school diploma	15.7%	37.2%
High school graduate	35.8%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	8.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chapmanville	Mount Gay-Shamrock
Drove alone	74.2%	61.1%
Carpooled	2.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	27.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chapmanville	Mount Gay-Shamrock
1-unit, detached	59.7%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	21.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Chapmanville	Mount Gay-Shamrock
Poverty rate	25.1%	21.3%
Average household size	1.99	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	13
Median year structure built	1984	1967