Ceredo vs Lavalette

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

Ceredo and Lavalette 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 795 in Lavalette). Lavalette has the higher median household income ($68,015 vs $48,184 in Ceredo). Lavalette has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $126,400 in Ceredo).

Population, income & housing

	Ceredo	Lavalette
Population	1,432	795
Median age	45.4 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,184	$68,015
Median home value	$126,400	$214,700
Median gross rent	$731	—
Housing units	725	303
Homeownership rate	79.8%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ceredo	Lavalette
Population	1,128 → 1,432 (+27.0%)	1,356 → 795 (-41.4%)
Median household income	$34,205 → $48,184 (+40.9%)	$70,850 → $68,015 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $126,400 (+15.5%)	$87,200 → $214,700 (+146.2%)
Median gross rent	$868 → $731 (-15.8%)	—

Ceredo

Population

1,1281,432

Median household income

$34,205$48,184

Median home value

$109,400$126,400

Median gross rent

$868$731

Lavalette

Population

1,356795

Median household income

$70,850$68,015

Median home value

$87,200$214,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ceredo	Lavalette
Under 5	2.7%	12.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	20.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	23.6%
45 to 54	8.0%	2.1%
55 to 64	16.7%	3.6%
65 to 74	13.1%	0.0%
75 and over	14.0%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ceredo	Lavalette
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	4.3%
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	8.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ceredo	Lavalette
No high school diploma	11.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	29.6%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	42.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ceredo	Lavalette
Drove alone	62.4%	95.0%
Carpooled	18.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	18.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ceredo	Lavalette
1-unit, detached	72.3%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Ceredo	Lavalette
Poverty rate	25.0%	1.6%
Average household size	2.50	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1964	1969