Lavalette vs Wayne

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

Lavalette 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 795 in Lavalette). Lavalette has the higher median household income ($68,015 vs $31,797 in Wayne). Lavalette has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $74,200 in Wayne).

Population, income & housing

	Lavalette	Wayne
Population	795	1,433
Median age	31.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,015	$31,797
Median home value	$214,700	$74,200
Median gross rent	—	$732
Housing units	303	730
Homeownership rate	73.0%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lavalette	Wayne
Population	1,356 → 795 (-41.4%)	1,207 → 1,433 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$70,850 → $68,015 (-4.0%)	$21,648 → $31,797 (+46.9%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $214,700 (+146.2%)	$81,700 → $74,200 (-9.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$671 → $732 (+9.1%)

Lavalette

Population

1,356795

Median household income

$70,850$68,015

Median home value

$87,200$214,700

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)

	Lavalette	Wayne
Under 5	12.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	21.0%	24.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	20.8%	8.5%
35 to 44	23.6%	17.4%
45 to 54	2.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	3.6%	9.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.7%
75 and over	11.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lavalette	Wayne
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	99.0%
Black or African American	4.3%	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	5.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lavalette	Wayne
No high school diploma	4.3%	23.0%
High school graduate	18.5%	54.0%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	42.1%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lavalette	Wayne
Drove alone	95.0%	92.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lavalette	Wayne
1-unit, detached	90.1%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Lavalette	Wayne
Poverty rate	1.6%	24.2%
Average household size	2.75	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1969	1975