Raysal vs Welch

A side-by-side comparison of Raysal and Welch: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Welch has the higher population (3,492 vs 299 in Raysal). Raysal has the higher median home value ($66,200 vs $56,500 in Welch). Since 2019, Welch's population has grown faster (+17.7% vs -28.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Raysal	Welch
Population	299	3,492
Median age	58.6 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$36,188
Median home value	$66,200	$56,500
Housing units	245	1,018
Homeownership rate	62.9%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raysal	Welch
Population	417 → 299 (-28.3%)	2,966 → 3,492 (+17.7%)
Median household income	$26,750 → $31,154 (+16.5%)	$37,841 → $36,188 (-4.4%)
Median home value	—	$54,900 → $56,500 (+2.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$692 → $807 (+16.6%)

Raysal

Population

417299

Median household income

$26,750$31,154

Welch

Population

2,9663,492

Median household income

$37,841$36,188

Median home value

$54,900$56,500

Median gross rent

$692$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Raysal	Welch
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.7%	8.2%
18 to 24	17.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	3.7%	20.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	29.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	20.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	35.8%	7.4%
75 and over	3.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raysal	Welch
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	66.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	24.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raysal	Welch
No high school diploma	11.6%	25.3%
High school graduate	66.2%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raysal	Welch
Drove alone	100.0%	73.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raysal	Welch
1-unit, detached	29.8%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	70.2%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Raysal	Welch
Poverty rate	13.7%	26.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1982	1949