Beaver vs Lester

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver and Lester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beaver has the higher population (619 vs 492 in Lester). Beaver has the higher median household income ($30,568 vs $30,000 in Lester). Beaver has the higher median home value ($87,600 vs $81,500 in Lester).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver	Lester
Population	619	492
Median age	50.1 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$30,568	$30,000
Median home value	$87,600	$81,500
Median gross rent	—	$834
Housing units	468	201
Homeownership rate	86.8%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver	Lester
Population	1,314 → 619 (-52.9%)	454 → 492 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$35,114 → $30,568 (-12.9%)	$31,172 → $30,000 (-3.8%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $87,600 (+17.0%)	$73,400 → $81,500 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $1,331 (+47.1%)	$861 → $834 (-3.1%)

Beaver

Population

1,314619

Median household income

$35,114$30,568

Median home value

$74,900$87,600

Median gross rent

$905$1,331

Lester

Population

454492

Median household income

$31,172$30,000

Median home value

$73,400$81,500

Median gross rent

$861$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver	Lester
Under 5	6.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.0%	26.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	3.9%	4.9%
35 to 44	22.9%	2.4%
45 to 54	16.3%	7.5%
55 to 64	19.7%	24.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	13.2%
75 and over	8.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver	Lester
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.3%
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	0.0%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver	Lester
No high school diploma	10.0%	22.3%
High school graduate	18.8%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	11.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver	Lester
Drove alone	63.0%	85.0%
Carpooled	15.1%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver	Lester
1-unit, detached	69.4%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	36.8%

Poverty & households

	Beaver	Lester
Poverty rate	16.3%	50.8%
Average household size	1.90	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	48
Median year structure built	1975	1981