Bluewell vs Lashmeet

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

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

Bluewell has the higher population (2,281 vs 734 in Lashmeet). Lashmeet has the higher median household income ($46,329 vs $35,599 in Bluewell). Lashmeet has the higher median home value ($178,100 vs $137,800 in Bluewell).

Population, income & housing

	Bluewell	Lashmeet
Population	2,281	734
Median age	62.9 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,599	$46,329
Median home value	$137,800	$178,100
Median gross rent	$874	—
Housing units	1,295	354
Homeownership rate	66.1%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluewell	Lashmeet
Population	2,593 → 2,281 (-12.0%)	443 → 734 (+65.7%)
Median household income	$33,462 → $35,599 (+6.4%)	$28,703 → $46,329 (+61.4%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $137,800 (+68.7%)	$77,300 → $178,100 (+130.4%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $874 (+52.5%)	—

Bluewell

Population

2,5932,281

Median household income

$33,462$35,599

Median home value

$81,700$137,800

Median gross rent

$573$874

Lashmeet

Population

443734

Median household income

$28,703$46,329

Median home value

$77,300$178,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluewell	Lashmeet
Under 5	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.0%	7.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.5%
25 to 34	2.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	5.0%	2.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	23.2%
65 to 74	19.9%	28.9%
75 and over	26.9%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluewell	Lashmeet
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluewell	Lashmeet
No high school diploma	28.5%	28.2%
High school graduate	36.7%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluewell	Lashmeet
Drove alone	86.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluewell	Lashmeet
1-unit, detached	72.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bluewell	Lashmeet
Poverty rate	17.3%	6.1%
Average household size	2.12	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1974	1981