Reedsville vs Rowlesburg

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

Reedsville and Rowlesburg 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 640 in Rowlesburg). Reedsville has the higher median household income ($59,000 vs $52,813 in Rowlesburg). Reedsville has the higher median home value ($178,400 vs $87,300 in Rowlesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Reedsville	Rowlesburg
Population	652	640
Median age	52.1 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,000	$52,813
Median home value	$178,400	$87,300
Median gross rent	$1,045	$673
Housing units	281	324
Homeownership rate	62.9%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	28.9%	19.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reedsville	Rowlesburg
Population	450 → 652 (+44.9%)	434 → 640 (+47.5%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $59,000 (+2.6%)	$34,167 → $52,813 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $178,400 (+61.7%)	$72,100 → $87,300 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,045 (+17.7%)	$561 → $673 (+20.0%)

Reedsville

Population

450652

Median household income

$57,500$59,000

Median home value

$110,300$178,400

Median gross rent

$888$1,045

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)

	Reedsville	Rowlesburg
Under 5	3.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	7.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	3.0%
25 to 34	16.9%	15.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	6.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	22.9%	19.5%
65 to 74	18.1%	15.3%
75 and over	3.1%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reedsville	Rowlesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	97.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	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	2.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reedsville	Rowlesburg
No high school diploma	7.3%	24.2%
High school graduate	41.9%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reedsville	Rowlesburg
Drove alone	88.8%	82.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reedsville	Rowlesburg
1-unit, detached	64.4%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Reedsville	Rowlesburg
Poverty rate	12.5%	24.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1983	1948