Rowlesburg vs Tunnelton

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

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

Rowlesburg has the higher population (640 vs 333 in Tunnelton). Tunnelton has the higher median household income ($56,875 vs $52,813 in Rowlesburg). Rowlesburg has the higher median home value ($87,300 vs $54,100 in Tunnelton).

Population, income & housing

	Rowlesburg	Tunnelton
Population	640	333
Median age	53.5 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,813	$56,875
Median home value	$87,300	$54,100
Median gross rent	$673	—
Housing units	324	152
Homeownership rate	77.8%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rowlesburg	Tunnelton
Population	434 → 640 (+47.5%)	301 → 333 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $52,813 (+54.6%)	$37,969 → $56,875 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $87,300 (+21.1%)	$53,100 → $54,100 (+1.9%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $673 (+20.0%)	$1,000 → $1,136 (+13.6%)

Rowlesburg

Population

434640

Median household income

$34,167$52,813

Median home value

$72,100$87,300

Median gross rent

$561$673

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)

	Rowlesburg	Tunnelton
Under 5	2.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	3.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	15.9%
35 to 44	6.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	16.2%
55 to 64	19.5%	20.1%
65 to 74	15.3%	6.6%
75 and over	10.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rowlesburg	Tunnelton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	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	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rowlesburg	Tunnelton
No high school diploma	24.2%	14.3%
High school graduate	52.1%	65.3%
Some college or associate's	11.9%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rowlesburg	Tunnelton
Drove alone	82.4%	68.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	29.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rowlesburg	Tunnelton
1-unit, detached	83.3%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Rowlesburg	Tunnelton
Poverty rate	24.4%	20.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1948	1991