Kingwood vs Reedsville

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

Kingwood and Reedsville 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 652 in Reedsville). Kingwood has the higher median household income ($67,411 vs $59,000 in Reedsville). Reedsville has the higher median home value ($178,400 vs $162,700 in Kingwood).

Population, income & housing

	Kingwood	Reedsville
Population	2,980	652
Median age	42.9 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,411	$59,000
Median home value	$162,700	$178,400
Median gross rent	$636	$1,045
Housing units	1,527	281
Homeownership rate	65.1%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	28.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingwood	Reedsville
Population	3,056 → 2,980 (-2.5%)	450 → 652 (+44.9%)
Median household income	$53,116 → $67,411 (+26.9%)	$57,500 → $59,000 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$132,000 → $162,700 (+23.3%)	$110,300 → $178,400 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $636 (+13.0%)	$888 → $1,045 (+17.7%)

Kingwood

Population

3,0562,980

Median household income

$53,116$67,411

Median home value

$132,000$162,700

Median gross rent

$563$636

Reedsville

Population

450652

Median household income

$57,500$59,000

Median home value

$110,300$178,400

Median gross rent

$888$1,045

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingwood	Reedsville
Under 5	5.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	7.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	16.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	22.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	18.1%
75 and over	10.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingwood	Reedsville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	96.9%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.1%
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%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingwood	Reedsville
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.3%
High school graduate	43.8%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingwood	Reedsville
Drove alone	79.8%	88.8%
Carpooled	14.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingwood	Reedsville
1-unit, detached	65.3%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	7.1%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Kingwood	Reedsville
Poverty rate	15.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1970	1983