Richwood vs Summersville

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

Richwood 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 2,617 in Richwood). Summersville has the higher median household income ($52,321 vs $33,614 in Richwood). Summersville has the higher median home value ($210,400 vs $67,600 in Richwood).

Population, income & housing

	Richwood	Summersville
Population	2,617	3,397
Median age	45.5 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$33,614	$52,321
Median home value	$67,600	$210,400
Median gross rent	$630	$570
Housing units	1,301	1,883
Homeownership rate	78.8%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	27.1%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richwood	Summersville
Population	2,127 → 2,617 (+23.0%)	3,368 → 3,397 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$28,641 → $33,614 (+17.4%)	$38,774 → $52,321 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$41,200 → $67,600 (+64.1%)	$140,400 → $210,400 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $630 (+14.8%)	$372 → $570 (+53.2%)

Richwood

Population

2,1272,617

Median household income

$28,641$33,614

Median home value

$41,200$67,600

Median gross rent

$549$630

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)

	Richwood	Summersville
Under 5	4.8%	1.1%
5 to 17	12.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	1.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	5.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	16.5%
65 to 74	16.1%	18.0%
75 and over	10.9%	22.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richwood	Summersville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richwood	Summersville
No high school diploma	13.0%	12.9%
High school graduate	42.1%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richwood	Summersville
Drove alone	60.3%	82.5%
Carpooled	11.4%	7.5%
Public transit	14.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.9%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richwood	Summersville
1-unit, detached	82.9%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Richwood	Summersville
Poverty rate	33.5%	21.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1950	1978