Man vs Mount Gay-Shamrock

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

Man 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 1,234 in Man). Man has the higher median household income ($57,778 vs $49,063 in Mount Gay-Shamrock). Man has the higher median home value ($153,300 vs $81,400 in Mount Gay-Shamrock).

Population, income & housing

	Man	Mount Gay-Shamrock
Population	1,234	1,440
Median age	31.3 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,778	$49,063
Median home value	$153,300	$81,400
Median gross rent	$738	$598
Housing units	417	823
Homeownership rate	83.2%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Man	Mount Gay-Shamrock
Population	943 → 1,234 (+30.9%)	1,413 → 1,440 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$61,094 → $57,778 (-5.4%)	$27,181 → $49,063 (+80.5%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $153,300 (+31.8%)	$71,100 → $81,400 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $738 (-1.6%)	$638 → $598 (-6.3%)

Man

Population

9431,234

Median household income

$61,094$57,778

Median home value

$116,300$153,300

Median gross rent

$750$738

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)

	Man	Mount Gay-Shamrock
Under 5	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.2%	6.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	2.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	2.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	29.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	20.4%
75 and over	6.7%	16.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Man	Mount Gay-Shamrock
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	99.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Man	Mount Gay-Shamrock
No high school diploma	12.2%	37.2%
High school graduate	42.4%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	8.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Man	Mount Gay-Shamrock
Drove alone	75.1%	61.1%
Carpooled	12.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	27.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Man	Mount Gay-Shamrock
1-unit, detached	86.1%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Man	Mount Gay-Shamrock
Poverty rate	10.4%	21.3%
Average household size	3.34	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	13
Median year structure built	1956	1967