Lavalette vs Prichard

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

Lavalette and Prichard 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 434 in Prichard). Prichard has the higher median household income ($90,795 vs $68,015 in Lavalette). Lavalette has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $94,000 in Prichard).

Population, income & housing

	Lavalette	Prichard
Population	795	434
Median age	31.1 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,015	$90,795
Median home value	$214,700	$94,000
Housing units	303	219
Homeownership rate	73.0%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lavalette	Prichard
Population	1,356 → 795 (-41.4%)	294 → 434 (+47.6%)
Median household income	$70,850 → $68,015 (-4.0%)	$75,375 → $90,795 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $214,700 (+146.2%)	$78,200 → $94,000 (+20.2%)

Lavalette

Population

1,356795

Median household income

$70,850$68,015

Median home value

$87,200$214,700

Prichard

Population

294434

Median household income

$75,375$90,795

Median home value

$78,200$94,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lavalette	Prichard
Under 5	12.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	21.0%	1.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	20.8%	7.4%
35 to 44	23.6%	16.8%
45 to 54	2.1%	44.2%
55 to 64	3.6%	6.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	16.6%
75 and over	11.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lavalette	Prichard
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	97.9%
Black or African American	4.3%	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	5.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lavalette	Prichard
No high school diploma	4.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	18.5%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	42.1%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lavalette	Prichard
Drove alone	95.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lavalette	Prichard
1-unit, detached	90.1%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Lavalette	Prichard
Poverty rate	1.6%	25.1%
Average household size	2.75	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	21	36
Median year structure built	1969	1958