Shady Spring vs Sophia

A side-by-side comparison of Shady Spring and Sophia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shady Spring has the higher population (3,455 vs 1,654 in Sophia). Shady Spring has the higher median household income ($70,792 vs $34,498 in Sophia). Shady Spring has the higher median home value ($192,000 vs $112,900 in Sophia).

Population, income & housing

	Shady Spring	Sophia
Population	3,455	1,654
Median age	42.3 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,792	$34,498
Median home value	$192,000	$112,900
Median gross rent	$923	$782
Housing units	1,432	788
Homeownership rate	90.7%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shady Spring	Sophia
Population	3,366 → 3,455 (+2.6%)	1,109 → 1,654 (+49.1%)
Median household income	$56,316 → $70,792 (+25.7%)	$26,955 → $34,498 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$171,100 → $192,000 (+12.2%)	$76,000 → $112,900 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $923 (+23.2%)	$690 → $782 (+13.3%)

Shady Spring

Population

3,3663,455

Median household income

$56,316$70,792

Median home value

$171,100$192,000

Median gross rent

$749$923

Sophia

Population

1,1091,654

Median household income

$26,955$34,498

Median home value

$76,000$112,900

Median gross rent

$690$782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shady Spring	Sophia
Under 5	5.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.9%	10.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	13.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.2%
75 and over	7.1%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shady Spring	Sophia
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	95.5%
Black or African American	6.4%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shady Spring	Sophia
No high school diploma	6.6%	25.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shady Spring	Sophia
Drove alone	81.3%	86.7%
Carpooled	8.9%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	6.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shady Spring	Sophia
1-unit, detached	70.9%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	27.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Shady Spring	Sophia
Poverty rate	16.5%	25.6%
Average household size	2.81	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1998	1969