Apple Grove vs Mason

A side-by-side comparison of Apple Grove and Mason: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mason has the higher population (863 vs 223 in Apple Grove). Apple Grove has the higher median household income ($76,643 vs $47,112 in Mason). Since 2019, Apple Grove's population has grown faster (+271.7% vs +3.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Grove	Mason
Population	223	863
Median age	29.2 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,643	$47,112
Median home value	—	$91,900
Median gross rent	—	$870
Housing units	150	500
Homeownership rate	52.2%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Grove	Mason
Population	60 → 223 (+271.7%)	831 → 863 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$75,789 → $76,643 (+1.1%)	$27,383 → $47,112 (+72.0%)
Median home value	—	$69,500 → $91,900 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$674 → $870 (+29.1%)

Apple Grove

Population

60223

Median household income

$75,789$76,643

Mason

Population

831863

Median household income

$27,383$47,112

Median home value

$69,500$91,900

Median gross rent

$674$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple Grove	Mason
Under 5	29.1%	1.6%
5 to 17	8.1%	10.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	20.6%	6.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	21.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	18.2%
75 and over	0.0%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Grove	Mason
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	8.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Grove	Mason
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.7%
High school graduate	42.4%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	7.6%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	50.0%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Grove	Mason
Drove alone	100.0%	89.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Grove	Mason
1-unit, detached	58.7%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.3%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Apple Grove	Mason
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.1%
Average household size	4.85	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	48	23
Median year structure built	1997	1955