Lashmeet vs Princeton

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

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

Princeton has the higher population (5,780 vs 734 in Lashmeet). Lashmeet has the higher median household income ($46,329 vs $44,428 in Princeton). Lashmeet has the higher median home value ($178,100 vs $115,800 in Princeton).

Population, income & housing

	Lashmeet	Princeton
Population	734	5,780
Median age	61.5 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,329	$44,428
Median home value	$178,100	$115,800
Median gross rent	—	$830
Housing units	354	3,288
Homeownership rate	88.7%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lashmeet	Princeton
Population	443 → 734 (+65.7%)	5,831 → 5,780 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$28,703 → $46,329 (+61.4%)	$42,025 → $44,428 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $178,100 (+130.4%)	$93,700 → $115,800 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$711 → $830 (+16.7%)

Lashmeet

Population

443734

Median household income

$28,703$46,329

Median home value

$77,300$178,100

Princeton

Population

5,8315,780

Median household income

$42,025$44,428

Median home value

$93,700$115,800

Median gross rent

$711$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lashmeet	Princeton
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	7.8%	13.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	17.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	2.6%	17.1%
55 to 64	23.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	28.9%	12.8%
75 and over	11.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lashmeet	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lashmeet	Princeton
No high school diploma	28.2%	9.5%
High school graduate	51.7%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lashmeet	Princeton
Drove alone	100.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lashmeet	Princeton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Lashmeet	Princeton
Poverty rate	6.1%	21.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1981	1956