Gallipolis Ferry vs Point Pleasant

A side-by-side comparison of Gallipolis Ferry and Point Pleasant: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Point Pleasant has the higher population (4,009 vs 766 in Gallipolis Ferry). Gallipolis Ferry has the higher median household income ($44,250 vs $40,837 in Point Pleasant). Point Pleasant has the higher median home value ($113,900 vs $92,200 in Gallipolis Ferry).

Population, income & housing

	Gallipolis Ferry	Point Pleasant
Population	766	4,009
Median age	30.5 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,250	$40,837
Median home value	$92,200	$113,900
Median gross rent	—	$631
Housing units	357	2,316
Homeownership rate	96.4%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallipolis Ferry	Point Pleasant
Population	723 → 766 (+5.9%)	4,146 → 4,009 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $44,250 (-4.3%)	$42,307 → $40,837 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $92,200 (+5.7%)	$79,700 → $113,900 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$557 → $631 (+13.3%)

Gallipolis Ferry

Population

723766

Median household income

$46,250$44,250

Median home value

$87,200$92,200

Point Pleasant

Population

4,1464,009

Median household income

$42,307$40,837

Median home value

$79,700$113,900

Median gross rent

$557$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gallipolis Ferry	Point Pleasant
Under 5	16.6%	9.8%
5 to 17	3.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	3.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	30.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	0.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	17.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.6%
75 and over	10.1%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallipolis Ferry	Point Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	9.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallipolis Ferry	Point Pleasant
No high school diploma	8.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	45.2%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallipolis Ferry	Point Pleasant
Drove alone	93.6%	85.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallipolis Ferry	Point Pleasant
1-unit, detached	39.5%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	57.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gallipolis Ferry	Point Pleasant
Poverty rate	33.4%	25.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1992	1958