Kingwood vs Masontown

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

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

Kingwood has the higher population (2,980 vs 490 in Masontown). Kingwood has the higher median household income ($67,411 vs $50,938 in Masontown). Kingwood has the higher median home value ($162,700 vs $128,200 in Masontown).

Population, income & housing

	Kingwood	Masontown
Population	2,980	490
Median age	42.9 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,411	$50,938
Median home value	$162,700	$128,200
Median gross rent	$636	$806
Housing units	1,527	245
Homeownership rate	65.1%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingwood	Masontown
Population	3,056 → 2,980 (-2.5%)	520 → 490 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$53,116 → $67,411 (+26.9%)	$40,893 → $50,938 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$132,000 → $162,700 (+23.3%)	$108,300 → $128,200 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $636 (+13.0%)	$675 → $806 (+19.4%)

Kingwood

Population

3,0562,980

Median household income

$53,116$67,411

Median home value

$132,000$162,700

Median gross rent

$563$636

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)

	Kingwood	Masontown
Under 5	5.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	17.8%
45 to 54	15.2%	6.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.9%
75 and over	10.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingwood	Masontown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	98.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingwood	Masontown
No high school diploma	6.9%	11.5%
High school graduate	43.8%	55.0%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingwood	Masontown
Drove alone	79.8%	71.3%
Carpooled	14.2%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingwood	Masontown
1-unit, detached	65.3%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	1.2%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Kingwood	Masontown
Poverty rate	15.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	41
Median year structure built	1970	1958