Cassville vs Star City

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

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

Star City has the higher population (1,894 vs 900 in Cassville). Cassville has the higher median household income ($117,643 vs $62,031 in Star City). Star City has the higher median home value ($256,800 vs $231,800 in Cassville).

Population, income & housing

	Cassville	Star City
Population	900	1,894
Median age	41.3 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$117,643	$62,031
Median home value	$231,800	$256,800
Median gross rent	—	$989
Housing units	448	947
Homeownership rate	96.3%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cassville	Star City
Population	1,430 → 900 (-37.1%)	2,160 → 1,894 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$58,678 → $117,643 (+100.5%)	$45,199 → $62,031 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$184,200 → $231,800 (+25.8%)	$164,400 → $256,800 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$809 → $989 (+22.2%)

Cassville

Population

1,430900

Median household income

$58,678$117,643

Median home value

$184,200$231,800

Star City

Population

2,1601,894

Median household income

$45,199$62,031

Median home value

$164,400$256,800

Median gross rent

$809$989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cassville	Star City
Under 5	5.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	8.7%	10.2%
18 to 24	2.0%	16.9%
25 to 34	19.0%	23.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	21.0%	7.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	14.9%	7.4%
75 and over	4.1%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cassville	Star City
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cassville	Star City
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	27.3%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cassville	Star City
Drove alone	82.1%	66.2%
Carpooled	12.4%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cassville	Star City
1-unit, detached	76.6%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	23.4%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Cassville	Star City
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.7%
Average household size	2.08	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	35	20
Median year structure built	2008	1988