Masontown vs Rowlesburg

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

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

Rowlesburg has the higher population (640 vs 490 in Masontown). Rowlesburg has the higher median household income ($52,813 vs $50,938 in Masontown). Masontown has the higher median home value ($128,200 vs $87,300 in Rowlesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Masontown	Rowlesburg
Population	490	640
Median age	39.8 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,938	$52,813
Median home value	$128,200	$87,300
Median gross rent	$806	$673
Housing units	245	324
Homeownership rate	79.3%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	19.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Masontown	Rowlesburg
Population	520 → 490 (-5.8%)	434 → 640 (+47.5%)
Median household income	$40,893 → $50,938 (+24.6%)	$34,167 → $52,813 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $128,200 (+18.4%)	$72,100 → $87,300 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $806 (+19.4%)	$561 → $673 (+20.0%)

Masontown

Population

520490

Median household income

$40,893$50,938

Median home value

$108,300$128,200

Median gross rent

$675$806

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)

	Masontown	Rowlesburg
Under 5	4.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	20.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	3.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	15.9%
35 to 44	17.8%	6.7%
45 to 54	6.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	19.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	15.3%
75 and over	10.2%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Masontown	Rowlesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Masontown	Rowlesburg
No high school diploma	11.5%	24.2%
High school graduate	55.0%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Masontown	Rowlesburg
Drove alone	71.3%	82.4%
Carpooled	12.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Masontown	Rowlesburg
1-unit, detached	71.0%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Masontown	Rowlesburg
Poverty rate	5.1%	24.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	41	24
Median year structure built	1958	1948