West Virginia · Census place 19108
Cross Lanes, WV population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Cross Lanes, West Virginia (Cross Lanes, WV — Census place “Cross Lanes CDP”) is 10,172 residents, ranking #16 of 439 places in West Virginia. Median household income is $62,704, the median home is worth $144,000 and median gross rent runs $916 a month. Looking for the Cross Lanes West Virginia ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Cross Lanes, WV: 25313.
- Population
- 10,172Cross Lanes CDP residents
- Median household income
- $62,704Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $144,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $916Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 75.1%Owner-occupied households
Cross Lanes ZIP codes (West Virginia)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cross Lanes.
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What the numbers mean in Cross Lanes CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Cross Lanes CDP median would spend about 17.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.2% of residents and 75.1% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cross Lanes CDP, WV in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Cross Lanes CDP is a mid-size town in West Virginia, with 10,172 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #16 of 439 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 43 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Cross Lanes CDP earn a median of $62,704 a year, 20.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 18% above the $52,974 median for the 148 West Virginia cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 7.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Cross Lanes CDP is valued at $144,000, 52.5% below the national figure and 13% above the $127,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $916 a month, 34.9% below the national figure, or roughly $10,992 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 75.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in West Virginia.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Cross Lanes CDP?
- Cross Lanes CDP has 10,172 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #16 of 439 in West Virginia.
- What is the median household income in Cross Lanes CDP?
- Median household income in Cross Lanes CDP is $62,704 a year, 20.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cross Lanes CDP?
- Median gross rent is $916 a month and the median home value is $144,000, so rent absorbs about 17.5% of median household income.
- Is Cross Lanes CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cross Lanes CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Cross Lanes CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.