Summersville vs Tioga

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

Summersville and Tioga 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 509 in Tioga). Tioga has the higher median household income ($83,486 vs $52,321 in Summersville). Since 2019, Tioga's population has grown faster (+375.7% vs +0.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Summersville	Tioga
Population	3,397	509
Median age	59.4 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,321	$83,486
Median home value	$210,400	—
Median gross rent	$570	—
Housing units	1,883	139
Homeownership rate	67.6%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	28.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Summersville	Tioga
Population	3,368 → 3,397 (+0.9%)	107 → 509 (+375.7%)
Median household income	$38,774 → $52,321 (+34.9%)	$78,667 → $83,486 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$140,400 → $210,400 (+49.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$372 → $570 (+53.2%)	—

Summersville

Population

3,3683,397

Median household income

$38,774$52,321

Median home value

$140,400$210,400

Median gross rent

$372$570

Tioga

Population

107509

Median household income

$78,667$83,486

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Summersville	Tioga
Under 5	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.0%	45.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.0%	43.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	18.0%	0.0%
75 and over	22.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Summersville	Tioga
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	97.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
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	4.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Summersville	Tioga
No high school diploma	12.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.1%	58.4%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	4.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Summersville	Tioga
1-unit, detached	70.7%	18.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	82.0%

Poverty & households

	Summersville	Tioga
Poverty rate	21.0%	21.2%
Average household size	2.06	4.04
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1978	1984