Mason vs Point Pleasant

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

Mason 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 863 in Mason). Mason has the higher median household income ($47,112 vs $40,837 in Point Pleasant). Point Pleasant has the higher median home value ($113,900 vs $91,900 in Mason).

Population, income & housing

	Mason	Point Pleasant
Population	863	4,009
Median age	54.4 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,112	$40,837
Median home value	$91,900	$113,900
Median gross rent	$870	$631
Housing units	500	2,316
Homeownership rate	71.0%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mason	Point Pleasant
Population	831 → 863 (+3.9%)	4,146 → 4,009 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$27,383 → $47,112 (+72.0%)	$42,307 → $40,837 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$69,500 → $91,900 (+32.2%)	$79,700 → $113,900 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $870 (+29.1%)	$557 → $631 (+13.3%)

Mason

Population

831863

Median household income

$27,383$47,112

Median home value

$69,500$91,900

Median gross rent

$674$870

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)

	Mason	Point Pleasant
Under 5	1.6%	9.8%
5 to 17	10.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	3.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	6.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	21.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.5%
65 to 74	18.2%	10.6%
75 and over	17.7%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mason	Point Pleasant
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mason	Point Pleasant
No high school diploma	14.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	44.4%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mason	Point Pleasant
Drove alone	89.8%	85.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mason	Point Pleasant
1-unit, detached	78.8%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mason	Point Pleasant
Poverty rate	15.1%	25.8%
Average household size	2.00	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1955	1958