Lewis County vs Taylor County

A side-by-side comparison of Lewis County and Taylor County: population, income, housing, and more.

Lewis County and Taylor County are counties in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lewis County has the higher population (16,808 vs 16,543 in Taylor County). Taylor County has the higher median household income ($56,807 vs $52,279 in Lewis County). Taylor County has the higher median home value ($144,000 vs $135,800 in Lewis County).

Population, income & housing

	Lewis County	Taylor County
Population	16,808	16,543
Median age	43.2 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,279	$56,807
Median home value	$135,800	$144,000
Median gross rent	$737	$672
Housing units	8,188	7,440
Homeownership rate	70.7%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewis County	Taylor County
Population	16,166 → 16,808 (+4.0%)	16,864 → 16,543 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$39,908 → $52,279 (+31.0%)	$48,578 → $56,807 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $135,800 (+30.3%)	$107,000 → $144,000 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $737 (+13.7%)	$652 → $672 (+3.1%)

Lewis County

Population

16,16616,808

Median household income

$39,908$52,279

Median home value

$104,200$135,800

Median gross rent

$648$737

Taylor County

Population

16,86416,543

Median household income

$48,578$56,807

Median home value

$107,000$144,000

Median gross rent

$652$672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewis County	Taylor County
Under 5	5.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.7%
75 and over	8.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewis County	Taylor County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewis County	Taylor County
No high school diploma	11.6%	13.6%
High school graduate	47.1%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewis County	Taylor County
Drove alone	78.7%	76.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	6.2%
Other means	6.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewis County	Taylor County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	5.5%
20 or more units	4.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Lewis County	Taylor County
Poverty rate	19.4%	14.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1977	1979