Blacksville vs Cassville

A side-by-side comparison of Blacksville and Cassville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cassville has the higher population (900 vs 59 in Blacksville). Cassville has the higher median household income ($117,643 vs $35,833 in Blacksville). Since 2019, Cassville's population has grown faster (-37.1% vs -47.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Blacksville	Cassville
Population	59	900
Median age	62.6 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$117,643
Median home value	—	$231,800
Housing units	48	448
Homeownership rate	80.6%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blacksville	Cassville
Population	113 → 59 (-47.8%)	1,430 → 900 (-37.1%)
Median household income	$52,857 → $35,833 (-32.2%)	$58,678 → $117,643 (+100.5%)
Median home value	—	$184,200 → $231,800 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $657 (+5.5%)	—

Blacksville

Population

11359

Median household income

$52,857$35,833

Median gross rent

$623$657

Cassville

Population

1,430900

Median household income

$58,678$117,643

Median home value

$184,200$231,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blacksville	Cassville
Under 5	6.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	2.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	19.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	21.0%
55 to 64	45.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	22.0%	14.9%
75 and over	15.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blacksville	Cassville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blacksville	Cassville
No high school diploma	14.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	67.3%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blacksville	Cassville
Drove alone	69.2%	82.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.8%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blacksville	Cassville
1-unit, detached	45.8%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	23.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blacksville	Cassville
Poverty rate	23.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.64	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1974	2008