Keyser vs Ridgeley

A side-by-side comparison of Keyser and Ridgeley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Keyser has the higher population (4,870 vs 304 in Ridgeley). Ridgeley has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $47,991 in Keyser). Keyser has the higher median home value ($141,400 vs $138,100 in Ridgeley).

Population, income & housing

	Keyser	Ridgeley
Population	4,870	304
Median age	39.7 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,991	$51,667
Median home value	$141,400	$138,100
Median gross rent	$631	$890
Housing units	2,718	242
Homeownership rate	50.0%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keyser	Ridgeley
Population	5,050 → 4,870 (-3.6%)	657 → 304 (-53.7%)
Median household income	$36,448 → $47,991 (+31.7%)	$30,893 → $51,667 (+67.2%)
Median home value	$99,300 → $141,400 (+42.4%)	$75,700 → $138,100 (+82.4%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $631 (-8.7%)	$633 → $890 (+40.6%)

Keyser

Population

5,0504,870

Median household income

$36,448$47,991

Median home value

$99,300$141,400

Median gross rent

$691$631

Ridgeley

Population

657304

Median household income

$30,893$51,667

Median home value

$75,700$138,100

Median gross rent

$633$890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Keyser	Ridgeley
Under 5	0.1%	13.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	9.5%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	6.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	15.9%	7.6%
75 and over	7.3%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keyser	Ridgeley
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	96.1%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	3.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keyser	Ridgeley
No high school diploma	16.4%	10.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keyser	Ridgeley
Drove alone	76.1%	76.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	14.5%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	8.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keyser	Ridgeley
1-unit, detached	57.5%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	21.9%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Keyser	Ridgeley
Poverty rate	27.3%	11.2%
Average household size	2.15	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1962	1946