Cheat Lake vs Westover

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

Cheat Lake and Westover 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 4,007 in Westover). Cheat Lake has the higher median household income ($111,379 vs $58,333 in Westover). Cheat Lake has the higher median home value ($345,500 vs $179,500 in Westover).

Population, income & housing

	Cheat Lake	Westover
Population	10,485	4,007
Median age	41.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$111,379	$58,333
Median home value	$345,500	$179,500
Median gross rent	$1,113	$895
Housing units	4,555	2,052
Homeownership rate	80.2%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.7%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheat Lake	Westover
Population	9,251 → 10,485 (+13.3%)	4,196 → 4,007 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$89,310 → $111,379 (+24.7%)	$44,139 → $58,333 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$298,900 → $345,500 (+15.6%)	$145,400 → $179,500 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,113 (+22.6%)	$750 → $895 (+19.3%)

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

Westover

Population

4,1964,007

Median household income

$44,139$58,333

Median home value

$145,400$179,500

Median gross rent

$750$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheat Lake	Westover
Under 5	5.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	9.4%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	19.2%
35 to 44	16.6%	19.2%
45 to 54	16.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.2%
75 and over	7.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheat Lake	Westover
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	86.6%
Black or African American	3.9%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheat Lake	Westover
No high school diploma	2.3%	7.8%
High school graduate	18.4%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	36.4%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheat Lake	Westover
Drove alone	79.5%	72.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.7%
Walked	0.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	5.4%
Other means	1.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheat Lake	Westover
1-unit, detached	68.0%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	21.2%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	7.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheat Lake	Westover
Poverty rate	5.4%	12.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1993	1957