Crum vs Fort Gay

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

Crum 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.

Fort Gay has the higher population (459 vs 143 in Crum). Since 2019, Crum's population has grown faster (+197.9% vs -48.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Crum	Fort Gay
Population	143	459
Median age	61.2 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$27,679
Median home value	—	$58,100
Median gross rent	—	$671
Housing units	50	371
Homeownership rate	50.0%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	42.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crum	Fort Gay
Population	48 → 143 (+197.9%)	891 → 459 (-48.5%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $33,839 (+8.3%)	$16,594 → $27,679 (+66.8%)
Median home value	—	$80,000 → $58,100 (-27.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$564 → $671 (+19.0%)

Crum

Population

48143

Median household income

$31,250$33,839

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)

	Crum	Fort Gay
Under 5	9.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.4%
25 to 34	17.5%	17.6%
35 to 44	7.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	18.7%
55 to 64	30.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	20.3%	12.6%
75 and over	0.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crum	Fort Gay
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.8%
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%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crum	Fort Gay
No high school diploma	26.9%	19.1%
High school graduate	40.7%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crum	Fort Gay
Drove alone	100.0%	88.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crum	Fort Gay
1-unit, detached	70.0%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.0%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Crum	Fort Gay
Poverty rate	37.8%	35.7%
Average household size	2.86	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1987	1984