Gilbert vs Red Jacket

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

Gilbert 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.

Red Jacket has the higher population (539 vs 320 in Gilbert). Red Jacket has the higher median home value ($209,600 vs $81,900 in Gilbert). Since 2019, Red Jacket's population has grown faster (+48.9% vs -12.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Gilbert	Red Jacket
Population	320	539
Median age	51.8 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,625	—
Median home value	$81,900	$209,600
Median gross rent	$717	—
Housing units	226	271
Homeownership rate	64.5%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	19.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilbert	Red Jacket
Population	364 → 320 (-12.1%)	362 → 539 (+48.9%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $53,625 (+30.0%)	—
Median home value	$83,800 → $81,900 (-2.3%)	$61,000 → $209,600 (+243.6%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $717 (+34.5%)	$325 → $317 (-2.5%)

Gilbert

Population

364320

Median household income

$41,250$53,625

Median home value

$83,800$81,900

Median gross rent

$533$717

Red Jacket

Population

362539

Median home value

$61,000$209,600

Median gross rent

$325$317

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilbert	Red Jacket
Under 5	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.3%	26.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	9.3%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	18.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	23.4%	26.2%
75 and over	1.6%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilbert	Red Jacket
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	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	0.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilbert	Red Jacket
No high school diploma	20.8%	20.1%
High school graduate	28.8%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilbert	Red Jacket
Drove alone	87.9%	73.0%
Carpooled	12.1%	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	Red Jacket
1-unit, detached	58.4%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.5%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Gilbert	Red Jacket
Poverty rate	13.8%	54.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1986	1949