Carpendale vs Fort Ashby

A side-by-side comparison of Carpendale and Fort Ashby: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carpendale has the higher population (1,053 vs 1,011 in Fort Ashby). Fort Ashby has the higher median home value ($215,400 vs $169,200 in Carpendale). Since 2019, Carpendale's population has grown faster (+40.8% vs -26.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Carpendale	Fort Ashby
Population	1,053	1,011
Median age	45.6 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,679	—
Median home value	$169,200	$215,400
Median gross rent	$709	$905
Housing units	428	557
Homeownership rate	85.3%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpendale	Fort Ashby
Population	748 → 1,053 (+40.8%)	1,369 → 1,011 (-26.2%)
Median household income	$62,750 → $59,679 (-4.9%)	$55,197 → $41,992 (-23.9%)
Median home value	$118,500 → $169,200 (+42.8%)	$151,200 → $215,400 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $709 (-17.6%)	$728 → $905 (+24.3%)

Carpendale

Population

7481,053

Median household income

$62,750$59,679

Median home value

$118,500$169,200

Median gross rent

$860$709

Fort Ashby

Population

1,3691,011

Median household income

$55,197$41,992

Median home value

$151,200$215,400

Median gross rent

$728$905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpendale	Fort Ashby
Under 5	4.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	10.7%	9.2%
18 to 24	2.4%	14.8%
25 to 34	16.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	3.6%
45 to 54	17.2%	16.7%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.5%
75 and over	8.2%	20.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpendale	Fort Ashby
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	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	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpendale	Fort Ashby
No high school diploma	2.4%	8.9%
High school graduate	55.0%	57.6%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpendale	Fort Ashby
Drove alone	81.7%	94.5%
Carpooled	2.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	5.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpendale	Fort Ashby
1-unit, detached	85.0%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	27.8%

Poverty & households

	Carpendale	Fort Ashby
Poverty rate	10.9%	20.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1973	1976