Lubeck vs Parkersburg

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

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

Parkersburg has the higher population (29,461 vs 1,412 in Lubeck). Lubeck has the higher median household income ($69,616 vs $44,675 in Parkersburg). Lubeck has the higher median home value ($240,500 vs $113,900 in Parkersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Lubeck	Parkersburg
Population	1,412	29,461
Median age	55.6 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,616	$44,675
Median home value	$240,500	$113,900
Median gross rent	—	$746
Housing units	723	15,234
Homeownership rate	94.3%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lubeck	Parkersburg
Population	1,126 → 1,412 (+25.4%)	30,021 → 29,461 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$66,552 → $69,616 (+4.6%)	$35,778 → $44,675 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $240,500 (+54.6%)	$91,100 → $113,900 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $938 (+12.3%)	$674 → $746 (+10.7%)

Lubeck

Population

1,1261,412

Median household income

$66,552$69,616

Median home value

$155,600$240,500

Median gross rent

$835$938

Parkersburg

Population

30,02129,461

Median household income

$35,778$44,675

Median home value

$91,100$113,900

Median gross rent

$674$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lubeck	Parkersburg
Under 5	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	9.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	3.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	12.4%
75 and over	26.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lubeck	Parkersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lubeck	Parkersburg
No high school diploma	5.7%	14.5%
High school graduate	22.0%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lubeck	Parkersburg
Drove alone	76.9%	71.4%
Carpooled	15.6%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.2%	9.7%
Other means	2.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lubeck	Parkersburg
1-unit, detached	93.9%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Lubeck	Parkersburg
Poverty rate	6.2%	23.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1971	1955