Cassville vs Cheat Lake

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

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

Cheat Lake has the higher population (10,485 vs 900 in Cassville). Cassville has the higher median household income ($117,643 vs $111,379 in Cheat Lake). Cheat Lake has the higher median home value ($345,500 vs $231,800 in Cassville).

Population, income & housing

	Cassville	Cheat Lake
Population	900	10,485
Median age	41.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$117,643	$111,379
Median home value	$231,800	$345,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,113
Housing units	448	4,555
Homeownership rate	96.3%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	58.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cassville	Cheat Lake
Population	1,430 → 900 (-37.1%)	9,251 → 10,485 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$58,678 → $117,643 (+100.5%)	$89,310 → $111,379 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$184,200 → $231,800 (+25.8%)	$298,900 → $345,500 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$908 → $1,113 (+22.6%)

Cassville

Population

1,430900

Median household income

$58,678$117,643

Median home value

$184,200$231,800

Cheat Lake

Population

9,25110,485

Median household income

$89,310$111,379

Median home value

$298,900$345,500

Median gross rent

$908$1,113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cassville	Cheat Lake
Under 5	5.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	8.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	2.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	19.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	16.6%
45 to 54	21.0%	16.4%
55 to 64	9.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	14.9%	10.3%
75 and over	4.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cassville	Cheat Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cassville	Cheat Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	27.3%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	36.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cassville	Cheat Lake
Drove alone	82.1%	79.5%
Carpooled	12.4%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cassville	Cheat Lake
1-unit, detached	76.6%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	23.4%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Cassville	Cheat Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	2008	1993