Arthurdale vs Masontown

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

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

Arthurdale has the higher population (755 vs 490 in Masontown). Arthurdale has the higher median household income ($78,070 vs $50,938 in Masontown). Arthurdale has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $128,200 in Masontown).

Population, income & housing

	Arthurdale	Masontown
Population	755	490
Median age	49.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,070	$50,938
Median home value	$159,000	$128,200
Median gross rent	—	$806
Housing units	335	245
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arthurdale	Masontown
Population	1,368 → 755 (-44.8%)	520 → 490 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$56,607 → $78,070 (+37.9%)	$40,893 → $50,938 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $159,000 (+43.5%)	$108,300 → $128,200 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $806 (+19.4%)

Arthurdale

Population

1,368755

Median household income

$56,607$78,070

Median home value

$110,800$159,000

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)

	Arthurdale	Masontown
Under 5	0.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	15.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	4.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	17.8%
45 to 54	17.7%	6.3%
55 to 64	20.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.9%
75 and over	2.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arthurdale	Masontown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arthurdale	Masontown
No high school diploma	7.4%	11.5%
High school graduate	41.3%	55.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arthurdale	Masontown
Drove alone	74.8%	71.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arthurdale	Masontown
1-unit, detached	53.1%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.9%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Arthurdale	Masontown
Poverty rate	9.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	41
Median year structure built	1988	1958