Lubeck vs Mineralwells

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

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

Mineralwells has the higher population (2,489 vs 1,412 in Lubeck). Lubeck has the higher median household income ($69,616 vs $68,940 in Mineralwells). Lubeck has the higher median home value ($240,500 vs $156,400 in Mineralwells).

Population, income & housing

	Lubeck	Mineralwells
Population	1,412	2,489
Median age	55.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,616	$68,940
Median home value	$240,500	$156,400
Median gross rent	—	$927
Housing units	723	965
Homeownership rate	94.3%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lubeck	Mineralwells
Population	1,126 → 1,412 (+25.4%)	2,082 → 2,489 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$66,552 → $69,616 (+4.6%)	$83,000 → $68,940 (-16.9%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $240,500 (+54.6%)	$153,100 → $156,400 (+2.2%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $938 (+12.3%)	$798 → $927 (+16.2%)

Lubeck

Population

1,1261,412

Median household income

$66,552$69,616

Median home value

$155,600$240,500

Median gross rent

$835$938

Mineralwells

Population

2,0822,489

Median household income

$83,000$68,940

Median home value

$153,100$156,400

Median gross rent

$798$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lubeck	Mineralwells
Under 5	5.1%	14.7%
5 to 17	9.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	3.1%	3.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	17.1%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	5.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.1%
75 and over	26.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lubeck	Mineralwells
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lubeck	Mineralwells
No high school diploma	5.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	22.0%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lubeck	Mineralwells
Drove alone	76.9%	85.9%
Carpooled	15.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.9%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lubeck	Mineralwells
1-unit, detached	93.9%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Lubeck	Mineralwells
Poverty rate	6.2%	11.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1971	1978