Fenwick vs Richwood

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

Fenwick 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 45 in Fenwick). Fenwick has the higher median household income ($48,393 vs $33,614 in Richwood). Richwood has the higher median home value ($67,600 vs $43,400 in Fenwick).

Population, income & housing

	Fenwick	Richwood
Population	45	2,617
Median age	70.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,393	$33,614
Median home value	$43,400	$67,600
Median gross rent	—	$630
Housing units	25	1,301
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	27.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenwick	Richwood
Population	158 → 45 (-71.5%)	2,127 → 2,617 (+23.0%)
Median household income	$33,514 → $48,393 (+44.4%)	$28,641 → $33,614 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$32,500 → $43,400 (+33.5%)	$41,200 → $67,600 (+64.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$549 → $630 (+14.8%)

Fenwick

Population

15845

Median household income

$33,514$48,393

Median home value

$32,500$43,400

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)

	Fenwick	Richwood
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	28.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	44.4%	16.1%
75 and over	8.9%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenwick	Richwood
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenwick	Richwood
No high school diploma	10.8%	13.0%
High school graduate	89.2%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenwick	Richwood
Drove alone	100.0%	60.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	14.1%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenwick	Richwood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Fenwick	Richwood
Poverty rate	28.9%	33.5%
Average household size	1.80	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	—	38
Median year structure built	1963	1950