Brush Fork vs Lashmeet

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

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

Brush Fork has the higher population (1,213 vs 734 in Lashmeet). Brush Fork has the higher median household income ($51,364 vs $46,329 in Lashmeet). Lashmeet has the higher median home value ($178,100 vs $59,200 in Brush Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Brush Fork	Lashmeet
Population	1,213	734
Median age	40.8 yrs	61.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,364	$46,329
Median home value	$59,200	$178,100
Housing units	523	354
Homeownership rate	93.5%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brush Fork	Lashmeet
Population	1,214 → 1,213 (-0.1%)	443 → 734 (+65.7%)
Median household income	$31,780 → $51,364 (+61.6%)	$28,703 → $46,329 (+61.4%)
Median home value	$60,400 → $59,200 (-2.0%)	$77,300 → $178,100 (+130.4%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $781 (+7.1%)	—

Brush Fork

Population

1,2141,213

Median household income

$31,780$51,364

Median home value

$60,400$59,200

Median gross rent

$729$781

Lashmeet

Population

443734

Median household income

$28,703$46,329

Median home value

$77,300$178,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brush Fork	Lashmeet
Under 5	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.3%	7.8%
18 to 24	13.4%	10.5%
25 to 34	3.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	15.9%	2.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	23.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	28.9%
75 and over	7.7%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brush Fork	Lashmeet
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brush Fork	Lashmeet
No high school diploma	13.6%	28.2%
High school graduate	39.3%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brush Fork	Lashmeet
Drove alone	95.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brush Fork	Lashmeet
1-unit, detached	50.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brush Fork	Lashmeet
Poverty rate	20.4%	6.1%
Average household size	2.82	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	16	29
Median year structure built	1979	1981