Fort Gay vs Lavalette

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

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

Lavalette has the higher population (795 vs 459 in Fort Gay). Lavalette has the higher median household income ($68,015 vs $27,679 in Fort Gay). Lavalette has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $58,100 in Fort Gay).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Gay	Lavalette
Population	459	795
Median age	47.1 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$27,679	$68,015
Median home value	$58,100	$214,700
Median gross rent	$671	—
Housing units	371	303
Homeownership rate	41.4%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Gay	Lavalette
Population	891 → 459 (-48.5%)	1,356 → 795 (-41.4%)
Median household income	$16,594 → $27,679 (+66.8%)	$70,850 → $68,015 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $58,100 (-27.4%)	$87,200 → $214,700 (+146.2%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $671 (+19.0%)	—

Fort Gay

Population

891459

Median household income

$16,594$27,679

Median home value

$80,000$58,100

Median gross rent

$564$671

Lavalette

Population

1,356795

Median household income

$70,850$68,015

Median home value

$87,200$214,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Gay	Lavalette
Under 5	2.4%	12.3%
5 to 17	15.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	0.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	17.6%	20.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	23.6%
45 to 54	18.7%	2.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	3.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	0.0%
75 and over	8.9%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Gay	Lavalette
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.4%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Gay	Lavalette
No high school diploma	19.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	52.3%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	42.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Gay	Lavalette
Drove alone	88.8%	95.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	5.0%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Gay	Lavalette
1-unit, detached	50.7%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Fort Gay	Lavalette
Poverty rate	35.7%	1.6%
Average household size	2.01	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	34	21
Median year structure built	1984	1969