Fort Gay vs Wayne

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

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

Wayne has the higher population (1,433 vs 459 in Fort Gay). Wayne has the higher median household income ($31,797 vs $27,679 in Fort Gay). Wayne has the higher median home value ($74,200 vs $58,100 in Fort Gay).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Gay	Wayne
Population	459	1,433
Median age	47.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$27,679	$31,797
Median home value	$58,100	$74,200
Median gross rent	$671	$732
Housing units	371	730
Homeownership rate	41.4%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Gay	Wayne
Population	891 → 459 (-48.5%)	1,207 → 1,433 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$16,594 → $27,679 (+66.8%)	$21,648 → $31,797 (+46.9%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $58,100 (-27.4%)	$81,700 → $74,200 (-9.2%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $671 (+19.0%)	$671 → $732 (+9.1%)

Fort Gay

Population

891459

Median household income

$16,594$27,679

Median home value

$80,000$58,100

Median gross rent

$564$671

Wayne

Population

1,2071,433

Median household income

$21,648$31,797

Median home value

$81,700$74,200

Median gross rent

$671$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Gay	Wayne
Under 5	2.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	24.1%
18 to 24	0.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	17.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	17.4%
45 to 54	18.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.7%
75 and over	8.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Gay	Wayne
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Gay	Wayne
No high school diploma	19.1%	23.0%
High school graduate	52.3%	54.0%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Gay	Wayne
Drove alone	88.8%	92.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	3.5%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Gay	Wayne
1-unit, detached	50.7%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Gay	Wayne
Poverty rate	35.7%	24.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1984	1975