Fenwick vs Summersville

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

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

Summersville has the higher population (3,397 vs 45 in Fenwick). Summersville has the higher median household income ($52,321 vs $48,393 in Fenwick). Summersville has the higher median home value ($210,400 vs $43,400 in Fenwick).

Population, income & housing

	Fenwick	Summersville
Population	45	3,397
Median age	70.2 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,393	$52,321
Median home value	$43,400	$210,400
Median gross rent	—	$570
Housing units	25	1,883
Homeownership rate	100.0%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenwick	Summersville
Population	158 → 45 (-71.5%)	3,368 → 3,397 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$33,514 → $48,393 (+44.4%)	$38,774 → $52,321 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$32,500 → $43,400 (+33.5%)	$140,400 → $210,400 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$372 → $570 (+53.2%)

Fenwick

Population

15845

Median household income

$33,514$48,393

Median home value

$32,500$43,400

Summersville

Population

3,3683,397

Median household income

$38,774$52,321

Median home value

$140,400$210,400

Median gross rent

$372$570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fenwick	Summersville
Under 5	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	28.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	44.4%	18.0%
75 and over	8.9%	22.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenwick	Summersville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenwick	Summersville
No high school diploma	10.8%	12.9%
High school graduate	89.2%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenwick	Summersville
Drove alone	100.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenwick	Summersville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Fenwick	Summersville
Poverty rate	28.9%	21.0%
Average household size	1.80	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1963	1978