Rowlesburg vs Terra Alta

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

Rowlesburg 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 640 in Rowlesburg). Rowlesburg has the higher median household income ($52,813 vs $50,035 in Terra Alta). Terra Alta has the higher median home value ($95,900 vs $87,300 in Rowlesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Rowlesburg	Terra Alta
Population	640	1,992
Median age	53.5 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,813	$50,035
Median home value	$87,300	$95,900
Median gross rent	$673	$744
Housing units	324	771
Homeownership rate	77.8%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rowlesburg	Terra Alta
Population	434 → 640 (+47.5%)	1,736 → 1,992 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $52,813 (+54.6%)	$34,632 → $50,035 (+44.5%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $87,300 (+21.1%)	$66,100 → $95,900 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $673 (+20.0%)	$624 → $744 (+19.2%)

Rowlesburg

Population

434640

Median household income

$34,167$52,813

Median home value

$72,100$87,300

Median gross rent

$561$673

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)

	Rowlesburg	Terra Alta
Under 5	2.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	22.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	6.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	8.3%
55 to 64	19.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	15.3%	9.3%
75 and over	10.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rowlesburg	Terra Alta
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	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	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rowlesburg	Terra Alta
No high school diploma	24.2%	21.9%
High school graduate	52.1%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	11.9%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rowlesburg	Terra Alta
Drove alone	82.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	5.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rowlesburg	Terra Alta
1-unit, detached	83.3%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Rowlesburg	Terra Alta
Poverty rate	24.4%	33.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1948	1965