Elk Garden vs Fort Ashby

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

Elk Garden 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.

Fort Ashby has the higher population (1,011 vs 195 in Elk Garden). Fort Ashby has the higher median home value ($215,400 vs $81,800 in Elk Garden). Since 2019, Elk Garden's population has grown faster (+5.4% vs -26.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Garden	Fort Ashby
Population	195	1,011
Median age	33.9 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	—
Median home value	$81,800	$215,400
Median gross rent	—	$905
Housing units	76	557
Homeownership rate	86.4%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Garden	Fort Ashby
Population	185 → 195 (+5.4%)	1,369 → 1,011 (-26.2%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $58,750 (+70.9%)	$55,197 → $41,992 (-23.9%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $81,800 (+0.5%)	$151,200 → $215,400 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$728 → $905 (+24.3%)

Elk Garden

Population

185195

Median household income

$34,375$58,750

Median home value

$81,400$81,800

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)

	Elk Garden	Fort Ashby
Under 5	7.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	28.2%	9.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	14.8%
25 to 34	14.9%	8.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	3.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	16.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	3.1%	10.5%
75 and over	1.5%	20.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Garden	Fort Ashby
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.5%
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%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Garden	Fort Ashby
No high school diploma	14.9%	8.9%
High school graduate	71.1%	57.6%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Garden	Fort Ashby
Drove alone	53.8%	94.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	23.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Garden	Fort Ashby
1-unit, detached	80.3%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	27.8%

Poverty & households

	Elk Garden	Fort Ashby
Poverty rate	1.5%	20.4%
Average household size	3.31	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	57	24
Median year structure built	1978	1976