Gilbert vs Matewan

A side-by-side comparison of Gilbert and Matewan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Matewan has the higher population (521 vs 320 in Gilbert). Gilbert has the higher median household income ($53,625 vs $15,378 in Matewan). Matewan has the higher median home value ($102,100 vs $81,900 in Gilbert).

Population, income & housing

	Gilbert	Matewan
Population	320	521
Median age	51.8 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,625	$15,378
Median home value	$81,900	$102,100
Median gross rent	$717	$356
Housing units	226	349
Homeownership rate	64.5%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	28.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilbert	Matewan
Population	364 → 320 (-12.1%)	477 → 521 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $53,625 (+30.0%)	$15,625 → $15,378 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $81,900 (-2.3%)	$65,800 → $102,100 (+55.2%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $717 (+34.5%)	$237 → $356 (+50.2%)

Gilbert

Population

364320

Median household income

$41,250$53,625

Median home value

$83,800$81,900

Median gross rent

$533$717

Matewan

Population

477521

Median household income

$15,625$15,378

Median home value

$65,800$102,100

Median gross rent

$237$356

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilbert	Matewan
Under 5	2.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	10.3%	8.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	6.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	15.9%	5.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	20.0%
55 to 64	18.1%	18.2%
65 to 74	23.4%	26.7%
75 and over	1.6%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilbert	Matewan
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.5%
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	0.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilbert	Matewan
No high school diploma	20.8%	28.7%
High school graduate	28.8%	60.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	5.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilbert	Matewan
Drove alone	87.9%	64.4%
Carpooled	12.1%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	30.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilbert	Matewan
1-unit, detached	58.4%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	35.5%
Mobile home & other	26.5%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Gilbert	Matewan
Poverty rate	13.8%	44.1%
Average household size	2.27	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	30	15
Median year structure built	1986	1982