Gilbert Creek vs Red Jacket

A side-by-side comparison of Gilbert Creek and Red Jacket: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gilbert Creek has the higher population (1,119 vs 539 in Red Jacket). Red Jacket has the higher median home value ($209,600 vs $92,700 in Gilbert Creek). Since 2019, Red Jacket's population has grown faster (+48.9% vs -6.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Gilbert Creek	Red Jacket
Population	1,119	539
Median age	45.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median home value	$92,700	$209,600
Housing units	517	271
Homeownership rate	94.3%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	19.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilbert Creek	Red Jacket
Population	1,193 → 1,119 (-6.2%)	362 → 539 (+48.9%)
Median household income	$47,708 → $77,763 (+63.0%)	—
Median home value	$59,800 → $92,700 (+55.0%)	$61,000 → $209,600 (+243.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$325 → $317 (-2.5%)

Gilbert Creek

Population

1,1931,119

Median household income

$47,708$77,763

Median home value

$59,800$92,700

Red Jacket

Population

362539

Median home value

$61,000$209,600

Median gross rent

$325$317

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilbert Creek	Red Jacket
Under 5	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	26.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	23.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	26.2%
75 and over	0.4%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilbert Creek	Red Jacket
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	70.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	26.2%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilbert Creek	Red Jacket
No high school diploma	30.9%	20.1%
High school graduate	30.3%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilbert Creek	Red Jacket
Drove alone	88.1%	73.0%
Carpooled	11.9%	27.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilbert Creek	Red Jacket
1-unit, detached	66.3%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.7%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Gilbert Creek	Red Jacket
Poverty rate	15.3%	54.5%
Average household size	3.19	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	38	—
Median year structure built	1980	1949