Lashmeet vs Oakvale

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

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

Lashmeet has the higher population (734 vs 232 in Oakvale). Since 2019, Oakvale's population has grown faster (+280.3% vs +65.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Lashmeet	Oakvale
Population	734	232
Median age	61.5 yrs	11.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,329	—
Median home value	$178,100	—
Housing units	354	78
Homeownership rate	88.7%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lashmeet	Oakvale
Population	443 → 734 (+65.7%)	61 → 232 (+280.3%)
Median household income	$28,703 → $46,329 (+61.4%)	$21,354 → $24,241 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $178,100 (+130.4%)	$42,500 → $85,000 (+100.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $950 (+40.7%)

Lashmeet

Population

443734

Median household income

$28,703$46,329

Median home value

$77,300$178,100

Oakvale

Population

61232

Median household income

$21,354$24,241

Median home value

$42,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$675$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lashmeet	Oakvale
Under 5	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	7.8%	56.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	1.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.7%	15.1%
45 to 54	2.6%	3.9%
55 to 64	23.2%	3.4%
65 to 74	28.9%	3.0%
75 and over	11.4%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lashmeet	Oakvale
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lashmeet	Oakvale
No high school diploma	28.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	51.7%	71.7%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lashmeet	Oakvale
Drove alone	100.0%	88.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lashmeet	Oakvale
1-unit, detached	100.0%	30.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	61.5%

Poverty & households

	Lashmeet	Oakvale
Poverty rate	6.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.07	4.07
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1981	2008