Kingwood vs Rowlesburg

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

Kingwood and Rowlesburg 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 640 in Rowlesburg). Kingwood has the higher median household income ($67,411 vs $52,813 in Rowlesburg). Kingwood has the higher median home value ($162,700 vs $87,300 in Rowlesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Kingwood	Rowlesburg
Population	2,980	640
Median age	42.9 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,411	$52,813
Median home value	$162,700	$87,300
Median gross rent	$636	$673
Housing units	1,527	324
Homeownership rate	65.1%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	19.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingwood	Rowlesburg
Population	3,056 → 2,980 (-2.5%)	434 → 640 (+47.5%)
Median household income	$53,116 → $67,411 (+26.9%)	$34,167 → $52,813 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$132,000 → $162,700 (+23.3%)	$72,100 → $87,300 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $636 (+13.0%)	$561 → $673 (+20.0%)

Kingwood

Population

3,0562,980

Median household income

$53,116$67,411

Median home value

$132,000$162,700

Median gross rent

$563$636

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)

	Kingwood	Rowlesburg
Under 5	5.6%	2.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	6.7%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	19.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	15.3%
75 and over	10.9%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingwood	Rowlesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	97.3%
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%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingwood	Rowlesburg
No high school diploma	6.9%	24.2%
High school graduate	43.8%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingwood	Rowlesburg
Drove alone	79.8%	82.4%
Carpooled	14.2%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingwood	Rowlesburg
1-unit, detached	65.3%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Kingwood	Rowlesburg
Poverty rate	15.4%	24.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1970	1948