Kingwood vs Terra Alta

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

Kingwood and Terra Alta 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 1,992 in Terra Alta). Kingwood has the higher median household income ($67,411 vs $50,035 in Terra Alta). Kingwood has the higher median home value ($162,700 vs $95,900 in Terra Alta).

Population, income & housing

	Kingwood	Terra Alta
Population	2,980	1,992
Median age	42.9 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,411	$50,035
Median home value	$162,700	$95,900
Median gross rent	$636	$744
Housing units	1,527	771
Homeownership rate	65.1%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingwood	Terra Alta
Population	3,056 → 2,980 (-2.5%)	1,736 → 1,992 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$53,116 → $67,411 (+26.9%)	$34,632 → $50,035 (+44.5%)
Median home value	$132,000 → $162,700 (+23.3%)	$66,100 → $95,900 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $636 (+13.0%)	$624 → $744 (+19.2%)

Kingwood

Population

3,0562,980

Median household income

$53,116$67,411

Median home value

$132,000$162,700

Median gross rent

$563$636

Terra Alta

Population

1,7361,992

Median household income

$34,632$50,035

Median home value

$66,100$95,900

Median gross rent

$624$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingwood	Terra Alta
Under 5	5.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	22.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	15.2%	8.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.3%
75 and over	10.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingwood	Terra Alta
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	86.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.9%
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%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingwood	Terra Alta
No high school diploma	6.9%	21.9%
High school graduate	43.8%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingwood	Terra Alta
Drove alone	79.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	14.2%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingwood	Terra Alta
1-unit, detached	65.3%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	1.2%
20 or more units	4.9%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Kingwood	Terra Alta
Poverty rate	15.4%	33.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1970	1965