Benwood vs Moundsville

A side-by-side comparison of Benwood and Moundsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moundsville has the higher population (7,934 vs 1,173 in Benwood). Moundsville has the higher median household income ($48,590 vs $39,474 in Benwood). Moundsville has the higher median home value ($108,500 vs $90,400 in Benwood).

Population, income & housing

	Benwood	Moundsville
Population	1,173	7,934
Median age	47.1 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,474	$48,590
Median home value	$90,400	$108,500
Median gross rent	$681	$801
Housing units	709	4,034
Homeownership rate	67.4%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benwood	Moundsville
Population	1,390 → 1,173 (-15.6%)	8,486 → 7,934 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$33,333 → $39,474 (+18.4%)	$34,701 → $48,590 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$58,700 → $90,400 (+54.0%)	$81,100 → $108,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$553 → $681 (+23.1%)	$597 → $801 (+34.2%)

Benwood

Population

1,3901,173

Median household income

$33,333$39,474

Median home value

$58,700$90,400

Median gross rent

$553$681

Moundsville

Population

8,4867,934

Median household income

$34,701$48,590

Median home value

$81,100$108,500

Median gross rent

$597$801

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benwood	Moundsville
Under 5	2.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.3%	12.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.8%
55 to 64	21.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	13.8%	14.0%
75 and over	7.2%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benwood	Moundsville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	94.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	10.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benwood	Moundsville
No high school diploma	11.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	43.7%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benwood	Moundsville
Drove alone	78.9%	87.2%
Carpooled	13.2%	6.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	2.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benwood	Moundsville
1-unit, detached	63.8%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.2%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Benwood	Moundsville
Poverty rate	24.9%	20.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1945	1945