Masontown vs Reedsville

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

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

Reedsville has the higher population (652 vs 490 in Masontown). Reedsville has the higher median household income ($59,000 vs $50,938 in Masontown). Reedsville has the higher median home value ($178,400 vs $128,200 in Masontown).

Population, income & housing

	Masontown	Reedsville
Population	490	652
Median age	39.8 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,938	$59,000
Median home value	$128,200	$178,400
Median gross rent	$806	$1,045
Housing units	245	281
Homeownership rate	79.3%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	28.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Masontown	Reedsville
Population	520 → 490 (-5.8%)	450 → 652 (+44.9%)
Median household income	$40,893 → $50,938 (+24.6%)	$57,500 → $59,000 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $128,200 (+18.4%)	$110,300 → $178,400 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $806 (+19.4%)	$888 → $1,045 (+17.7%)

Masontown

Population

520490

Median household income

$40,893$50,938

Median home value

$108,300$128,200

Median gross rent

$675$806

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)

	Masontown	Reedsville
Under 5	4.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	20.2%	7.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	16.9%
35 to 44	17.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	6.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	22.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	18.1%
75 and over	10.2%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Masontown	Reedsville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Masontown	Reedsville
No high school diploma	11.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	55.0%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Masontown	Reedsville
Drove alone	71.3%	88.8%
Carpooled	12.8%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Masontown	Reedsville
1-unit, detached	71.0%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Masontown	Reedsville
Poverty rate	5.1%	12.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	41	27
Median year structure built	1958	1983