Bluefield vs Lashmeet

A side-by-side comparison of Bluefield and Lashmeet: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bluefield has the higher population (9,511 vs 734 in Lashmeet). Lashmeet has the higher median household income ($46,329 vs $43,826 in Bluefield). Lashmeet has the higher median home value ($178,100 vs $101,000 in Bluefield).

Population, income & housing

	Bluefield	Lashmeet
Population	9,511	734
Median age	41.2 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,826	$46,329
Median home value	$101,000	$178,100
Median gross rent	$790	—
Housing units	4,850	354
Homeownership rate	54.6%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluefield	Lashmeet
Population	9,889 → 9,511 (-3.8%)	443 → 734 (+65.7%)
Median household income	$36,793 → $43,826 (+19.1%)	$28,703 → $46,329 (+61.4%)
Median home value	$84,100 → $101,000 (+20.1%)	$77,300 → $178,100 (+130.4%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $790 (+19.0%)	—

Bluefield

Population

9,8899,511

Median household income

$36,793$43,826

Median home value

$84,100$101,000

Median gross rent

$664$790

Lashmeet

Population

443734

Median household income

$28,703$46,329

Median home value

$77,300$178,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluefield	Lashmeet
Under 5	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	7.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	16.3%	2.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	23.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	28.9%
75 and over	10.1%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluefield	Lashmeet
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	15.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluefield	Lashmeet
No high school diploma	12.9%	28.2%
High school graduate	28.7%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluefield	Lashmeet
Drove alone	79.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	0.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluefield	Lashmeet
1-unit, detached	75.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bluefield	Lashmeet
Poverty rate	20.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1954	1981