Masontown vs Tunnelton

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

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

Masontown has the higher population (490 vs 333 in Tunnelton). Tunnelton has the higher median household income ($56,875 vs $50,938 in Masontown). Masontown has the higher median home value ($128,200 vs $54,100 in Tunnelton).

Population, income & housing

	Masontown	Tunnelton
Population	490	333
Median age	39.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,938	$56,875
Median home value	$128,200	$54,100
Median gross rent	$806	—
Housing units	245	152
Homeownership rate	79.3%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Masontown	Tunnelton
Population	520 → 490 (-5.8%)	301 → 333 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$40,893 → $50,938 (+24.6%)	$37,969 → $56,875 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $128,200 (+18.4%)	$53,100 → $54,100 (+1.9%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $806 (+19.4%)	$1,000 → $1,136 (+13.6%)

Masontown

Population

520490

Median household income

$40,893$50,938

Median home value

$108,300$128,200

Median gross rent

$675$806

Tunnelton

Population

301333

Median household income

$37,969$56,875

Median home value

$53,100$54,100

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Masontown	Tunnelton
Under 5	4.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	20.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	8.8%	15.9%
35 to 44	17.8%	9.3%
45 to 54	6.3%	16.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	20.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	6.6%
75 and over	10.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Masontown	Tunnelton
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%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Masontown	Tunnelton
No high school diploma	11.5%	14.3%
High school graduate	55.0%	65.3%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Masontown	Tunnelton
Drove alone	71.3%	68.6%
Carpooled	12.8%	29.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Masontown	Tunnelton
1-unit, detached	71.0%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Masontown	Tunnelton
Poverty rate	5.1%	20.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	41	27
Median year structure built	1958	1991