Reedsville vs Terra Alta

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

Reedsville 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 652 in Reedsville). Reedsville has the higher median household income ($59,000 vs $50,035 in Terra Alta). Reedsville has the higher median home value ($178,400 vs $95,900 in Terra Alta).

Population, income & housing

	Reedsville	Terra Alta
Population	652	1,992
Median age	52.1 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,000	$50,035
Median home value	$178,400	$95,900
Median gross rent	$1,045	$744
Housing units	281	771
Homeownership rate	62.9%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	28.9%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reedsville	Terra Alta
Population	450 → 652 (+44.9%)	1,736 → 1,992 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $59,000 (+2.6%)	$34,632 → $50,035 (+44.5%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $178,400 (+61.7%)	$66,100 → $95,900 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,045 (+17.7%)	$624 → $744 (+19.2%)

Reedsville

Population

450652

Median household income

$57,500$59,000

Median home value

$110,300$178,400

Median gross rent

$888$1,045

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)

	Reedsville	Terra Alta
Under 5	3.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	7.8%	22.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.3%
25 to 34	16.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	22.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	18.1%	9.3%
75 and over	3.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reedsville	Terra Alta
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	86.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	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	2.0%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reedsville	Terra Alta
No high school diploma	7.3%	21.9%
High school graduate	41.9%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reedsville	Terra Alta
Drove alone	88.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reedsville	Terra Alta
1-unit, detached	64.4%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Reedsville	Terra Alta
Poverty rate	12.5%	33.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1983	1965