Fort Gay vs Prichard

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

Fort Gay and Prichard 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 434 in Prichard). Prichard has the higher median household income ($90,795 vs $27,679 in Fort Gay). Prichard has the higher median home value ($94,000 vs $58,100 in Fort Gay).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Gay	Prichard
Population	459	434
Median age	47.1 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$27,679	$90,795
Median home value	$58,100	$94,000
Median gross rent	$671	—
Housing units	371	219
Homeownership rate	41.4%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Gay	Prichard
Population	891 → 459 (-48.5%)	294 → 434 (+47.6%)
Median household income	$16,594 → $27,679 (+66.8%)	$75,375 → $90,795 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $58,100 (-27.4%)	$78,200 → $94,000 (+20.2%)
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

Prichard

Population

294434

Median household income

$75,375$90,795

Median home value

$78,200$94,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Gay	Prichard
Under 5	2.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	1.2%
18 to 24	0.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.6%	7.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	16.8%
45 to 54	18.7%	44.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	6.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	16.6%
75 and over	8.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Gay	Prichard
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	97.9%
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	2.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Gay	Prichard
No high school diploma	19.1%	8.3%
High school graduate	52.3%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Gay	Prichard
Drove alone	88.8%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Gay	Prichard
1-unit, detached	50.7%	71.2%
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%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Gay	Prichard
Poverty rate	35.7%	25.1%
Average household size	2.01	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	1984	1958