Ceredo vs Fort Gay

A side-by-side comparison of Ceredo and Fort Gay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ceredo has the higher population (1,432 vs 459 in Fort Gay). Ceredo has the higher median household income ($48,184 vs $27,679 in Fort Gay). Ceredo has the higher median home value ($126,400 vs $58,100 in Fort Gay).

Population, income & housing

	Ceredo	Fort Gay
Population	1,432	459
Median age	45.4 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,184	$27,679
Median home value	$126,400	$58,100
Median gross rent	$731	$671
Housing units	725	371
Homeownership rate	79.8%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ceredo	Fort Gay
Population	1,128 → 1,432 (+27.0%)	891 → 459 (-48.5%)
Median household income	$34,205 → $48,184 (+40.9%)	$16,594 → $27,679 (+66.8%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $126,400 (+15.5%)	$80,000 → $58,100 (-27.4%)
Median gross rent	$868 → $731 (-15.8%)	$564 → $671 (+19.0%)

Ceredo

Population

1,1281,432

Median household income

$34,205$48,184

Median home value

$109,400$126,400

Median gross rent

$868$731

Fort Gay

Population

891459

Median household income

$16,594$27,679

Median home value

$80,000$58,100

Median gross rent

$564$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ceredo	Fort Gay
Under 5	2.7%	2.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	0.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	17.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.0%	18.7%
55 to 64	16.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.6%
75 and over	14.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ceredo	Fort Gay
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	8.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ceredo	Fort Gay
No high school diploma	11.3%	19.1%
High school graduate	29.6%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ceredo	Fort Gay
Drove alone	62.4%	88.8%
Carpooled	18.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	18.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.5%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ceredo	Fort Gay
1-unit, detached	72.3%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.3%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Ceredo	Fort Gay
Poverty rate	25.0%	35.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1964	1984