Montrose vs Valley Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Montrose and Valley Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Valley Bend has the higher population (713 vs 310 in Montrose). Valley Bend has the higher median household income ($93,352 vs $83,125 in Montrose). Valley Bend has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $191,300 in Montrose).

Population, income & housing

	Montrose	Valley Bend
Population	310	713
Median age	24.5 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$93,352
Median home value	$191,300	$253,500
Housing units	96	257
Homeownership rate	77.7%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montrose	Valley Bend
Population	158 → 310 (+96.2%)	497 → 713 (+43.5%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $83,125 (+73.5%)	$57,115 → $93,352 (+63.4%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $191,300 (+27.5%)	$71,500 → $253,500 (+254.5%)

Montrose

Population

158310

Median household income

$47,917$83,125

Median home value

$150,000$191,300

Valley Bend

Population

497713

Median household income

$57,115$93,352

Median home value

$71,500$253,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montrose	Valley Bend
Under 5	34.8%	10.1%
5 to 17	5.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	12.9%	3.8%
25 to 34	3.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	17.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	1.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	28.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	2.9%
75 and over	6.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montrose	Valley Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montrose	Valley Bend
No high school diploma	13.7%	12.0%
High school graduate	59.6%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montrose	Valley Bend
Drove alone	80.4%	77.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	22.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	0.0%
Other means	7.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montrose	Valley Bend
1-unit, detached	84.4%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Montrose	Valley Bend
Poverty rate	4.5%	2.4%
Average household size	3.30	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	26	51
Median year structure built	1983	1945