Arthurdale vs Rowlesburg

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

Arthurdale and Rowlesburg 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 640 in Rowlesburg). Arthurdale has the higher median household income ($78,070 vs $52,813 in Rowlesburg). Arthurdale has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $87,300 in Rowlesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Arthurdale	Rowlesburg
Population	755	640
Median age	49.4 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,070	$52,813
Median home value	$159,000	$87,300
Median gross rent	—	$673
Housing units	335	324
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	19.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arthurdale	Rowlesburg
Population	1,368 → 755 (-44.8%)	434 → 640 (+47.5%)
Median household income	$56,607 → $78,070 (+37.9%)	$34,167 → $52,813 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $159,000 (+43.5%)	$72,100 → $87,300 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$561 → $673 (+20.0%)

Arthurdale

Population

1,368755

Median household income

$56,607$78,070

Median home value

$110,800$159,000

Rowlesburg

Population

434640

Median household income

$34,167$52,813

Median home value

$72,100$87,300

Median gross rent

$561$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arthurdale	Rowlesburg
Under 5	0.9%	2.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	15.8%	3.0%
25 to 34	4.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	6.7%
45 to 54	17.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	20.8%	19.5%
65 to 74	13.5%	15.3%
75 and over	2.8%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arthurdale	Rowlesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.3%
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%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arthurdale	Rowlesburg
No high school diploma	7.4%	24.2%
High school graduate	41.3%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arthurdale	Rowlesburg
Drove alone	74.8%	82.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arthurdale	Rowlesburg
1-unit, detached	53.1%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.9%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Arthurdale	Rowlesburg
Poverty rate	9.4%	24.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1988	1948