Fort Ashby vs Piedmont

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

Fort Ashby and Piedmont 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 872 in Piedmont). Fort Ashby has the higher median home value ($215,400 vs $44,500 in Piedmont). Since 2019, Piedmont's population has grown faster (+12.1% vs -26.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Ashby	Piedmont
Population	1,011	872
Median age	51.2 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$44,792
Median home value	$215,400	$44,500
Median gross rent	$905	$489
Housing units	557	455
Homeownership rate	82.8%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Ashby	Piedmont
Population	1,369 → 1,011 (-26.2%)	778 → 872 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$55,197 → $41,992 (-23.9%)	$34,737 → $44,792 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $215,400 (+42.5%)	$47,700 → $44,500 (-6.7%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $905 (+24.3%)	$457 → $489 (+7.0%)

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

Piedmont

Population

778872

Median household income

$34,737$44,792

Median home value

$47,700$44,500

Median gross rent

$457$489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Ashby	Piedmont
Under 5	4.6%	1.1%
5 to 17	9.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	14.8%	12.3%
25 to 34	8.7%	4.1%
35 to 44	3.6%	19.6%
45 to 54	16.7%	21.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.2%
75 and over	20.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Ashby	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	76.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	20.3%
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%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Ashby	Piedmont
No high school diploma	8.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	57.6%	60.0%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Ashby	Piedmont
Drove alone	94.5%	83.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	6.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Ashby	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	70.0%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	27.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Ashby	Piedmont
Poverty rate	20.4%	18.6%
Average household size	2.12	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1976	1938