Masontown vs Terra Alta

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

Masontown 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.

Terra Alta has the higher population (1,992 vs 490 in Masontown). Masontown has the higher median household income ($50,938 vs $50,035 in Terra Alta). Masontown has the higher median home value ($128,200 vs $95,900 in Terra Alta).

Population, income & housing

	Masontown	Terra Alta
Population	490	1,992
Median age	39.8 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,938	$50,035
Median home value	$128,200	$95,900
Median gross rent	$806	$744
Housing units	245	771
Homeownership rate	79.3%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Masontown	Terra Alta
Population	520 → 490 (-5.8%)	1,736 → 1,992 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$40,893 → $50,938 (+24.6%)	$34,632 → $50,035 (+44.5%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $128,200 (+18.4%)	$66,100 → $95,900 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $806 (+19.4%)	$624 → $744 (+19.2%)

Masontown

Population

520490

Median household income

$40,893$50,938

Median home value

$108,300$128,200

Median gross rent

$675$806

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)

	Masontown	Terra Alta
Under 5	4.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.2%	22.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	17.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	6.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.3%
75 and over	10.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Masontown	Terra Alta
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Masontown	Terra Alta
No high school diploma	11.5%	21.9%
High school graduate	55.0%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Masontown	Terra Alta
Drove alone	71.3%	76.7%
Carpooled	12.8%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	4.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Masontown	Terra Alta
1-unit, detached	71.0%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Masontown	Terra Alta
Poverty rate	5.1%	33.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	41	26
Median year structure built	1958	1965