Craigsville vs Richwood

A side-by-side comparison of Craigsville and Richwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Richwood has the higher population (2,617 vs 1,584 in Craigsville). Richwood has the higher median household income ($33,614 vs $28,718 in Craigsville). Craigsville has the higher median home value ($95,300 vs $67,600 in Richwood).

Population, income & housing

	Craigsville	Richwood
Population	1,584	2,617
Median age	59.4 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$28,718	$33,614
Median home value	$95,300	$67,600
Median gross rent	$607	$630
Housing units	961	1,301
Homeownership rate	67.1%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	27.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Craigsville	Richwood
Population	2,375 → 1,584 (-33.3%)	2,127 → 2,617 (+23.0%)
Median household income	$42,333 → $28,718 (-32.2%)	$28,641 → $33,614 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$68,400 → $95,300 (+39.3%)	$41,200 → $67,600 (+64.1%)
Median gross rent	$436 → $607 (+39.2%)	$549 → $630 (+14.8%)

Craigsville

Population

2,3751,584

Median household income

$42,333$28,718

Median home value

$68,400$95,300

Median gross rent

$436$607

Richwood

Population

2,1272,617

Median household income

$28,641$33,614

Median home value

$41,200$67,600

Median gross rent

$549$630

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Craigsville	Richwood
Under 5	7.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	7.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	1.7%
25 to 34	6.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	7.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	24.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	24.6%	16.1%
75 and over	7.1%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Craigsville	Richwood
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Craigsville	Richwood
No high school diploma	15.0%	13.0%
High school graduate	48.1%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Craigsville	Richwood
Drove alone	82.8%	60.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	14.1%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Craigsville	Richwood
1-unit, detached	59.1%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	20.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Craigsville	Richwood
Poverty rate	19.6%	33.5%
Average household size	1.89	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	21	38
Median year structure built	1979	1950