Kanawha vs Lubeck

A side-by-side comparison of Kanawha and Lubeck: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lubeck has the higher population (1,412 vs 130 in Kanawha). Lubeck has the higher median household income ($69,616 vs $65,469 in Kanawha). Lubeck has the higher median home value ($240,500 vs $195,800 in Kanawha).

Population, income & housing

	Kanawha	Lubeck
Population	130	1,412
Median age	60.4 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,469	$69,616
Median home value	$195,800	$240,500
Housing units	83	723
Homeownership rate	100.0%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kanawha	Lubeck
Population	594 → 130 (-78.1%)	1,126 → 1,412 (+25.4%)
Median household income	—	$66,552 → $69,616 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$210,700 → $195,800 (-7.1%)	$155,600 → $240,500 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$835 → $938 (+12.3%)

Kanawha

Population

594130

Median home value

$210,700$195,800

Lubeck

Population

1,1261,412

Median household income

$66,552$69,616

Median home value

$155,600$240,500

Median gross rent

$835$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kanawha	Lubeck
Under 5	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	5.4%	9.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	3.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	8.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	30.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	19.2%	9.5%
75 and over	19.2%	26.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kanawha	Lubeck
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.0%
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	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kanawha	Lubeck
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	48.0%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kanawha	Lubeck
Drove alone	68.2%	76.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	31.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kanawha	Lubeck
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.9%
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%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Kanawha	Lubeck
Poverty rate	3.1%	6.2%
Average household size	1.81	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1984	1971