Albright vs Masontown

A side-by-side comparison of Albright and Masontown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Masontown has the higher population (490 vs 294 in Albright). Albright has the higher median household income ($55,714 vs $50,938 in Masontown). Since 2019, Masontown's population has grown faster (-5.8% vs -11.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Albright	Masontown
Population	294	490
Median age	29.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,714	$50,938
Median home value	—	$128,200
Median gross rent	$1,018	$806
Housing units	150	245
Homeownership rate	46.4%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albright	Masontown
Population	333 → 294 (-11.7%)	520 → 490 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$46,953 → $55,714 (+18.7%)	$40,893 → $50,938 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $34,700 (-33.9%)	$108,300 → $128,200 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $1,018 (+56.6%)	$675 → $806 (+19.4%)

Albright

Population

333294

Median household income

$46,953$55,714

Median home value

$52,500$34,700

Median gross rent

$650$1,018

Masontown

Population

520490

Median household income

$40,893$50,938

Median home value

$108,300$128,200

Median gross rent

$675$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albright	Masontown
Under 5	7.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	7.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	15.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	31.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	17.8%
45 to 54	6.5%	6.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	5.8%	12.9%
75 and over	6.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albright	Masontown
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albright	Masontown
No high school diploma	33.8%	11.5%
High school graduate	53.6%	55.0%
Some college or associate's	9.7%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albright	Masontown
Drove alone	75.6%	71.3%
Carpooled	3.2%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albright	Masontown
1-unit, detached	65.3%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.0%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Albright	Masontown
Poverty rate	21.1%	5.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	41
Median year structure built	1948	1958