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Gassaway town, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Gassaway town is a Census town of 688 people across 1.16 square miles of land, in Braxton County. Median household income is $33,500, 59.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.9 m.
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Gassaway
What Gassaway is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.16 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land596 plus or minus 186
- County holding the largest share of its areaBraxton County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gassaway
How many people live in Gassaway
- Population688 plus or minus 215
- Median age48.9 plus or minus 14.0
- Population under 18159 plus or minus 93
- Share under 1823.1 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Population 65 and over235 plus or minus 76
- Share 65 and over34.2 percent
- Households344 plus or minus 92
- Family households148 plus or minus 61
- Share of households that are families43.0 percent plus or minus 13.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gassaway
Income and work in Gassaway
- Median household income$33,500 plus or minus $9,687
- Per capita income$22,164 plus or minus $4,598
- Civilian labor force222 plus or minus 90
- Employed196 plus or minus 72
- Unemployed26 plus or minus 38
- Unemployment rate11.7 percent plus or minus 16.4
- Adults 25 and over514 plus or minus 141
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.4 percent plus or minus 32.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.3 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gassaway
Housing in Gassaway
- Housing units415 plus or minus 101
- Occupied units344 plus or minus 92
- Vacant units71 plus or minus 42
- Vacancy rate17.1 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Owner occupied204 plus or minus 74
- Renter occupied140 plus or minus 60
- Ownership rate59.3 percent plus or minus 14.5
- Median owner-occupied home value$94,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$463 plus or minus $115
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.6 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Single family units273 plus or minus 81
- Share single family65.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more100 plus or minus 50
- Share in buildings of two or more24.1 percent plus or minus 10.4
- Mobile homes42 plus or minus 30
- Median year structure built1945
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gassaway
How Gassaway gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute196 plus or minus 72
- Commuting under 15 minutes84 plus or minus 38
- Share commuting under 15 minutes42.9 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more37 plus or minus 31
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.9 percent plus or minus 13.9
- Drove alone88.3 percent
- Carpooled5.6 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.6 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gassaway
SBA loans in Gassaway (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$3,910,400
- Average approval$651,733
- Median approval$405,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,873,400
- Largest approval$1,873,400
- Jobs supported39
- Jobs per approval6.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more66.7 percent
- Share to franchises16.7 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Braxton County, not Gassaway
Braxton County context, not Gassaway figures
These are Braxton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Gassaway measurements.
- Establishments in Braxton County232
- Employment at those establishments, Braxton County2,754
- Covered employment, Braxton County3,738
- Average annual pay, Braxton County$45,932
- Average weekly wage, Braxton County$883
- Housing units permitted, Braxton County11
- Of those, single family, Braxton County11
- County product, 2024, Braxton County$417,247,000
- County product change over the prior year, Braxton County5.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Braxton County$44,167
Every figure in this section is published for Braxton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Gassaway. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Gassaway questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Gassaway, West Virginia?
688, in 344 households. Gassaway town covers 1.16 square miles of land, which is 596 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Gassaway in?
Braxton County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Gassaway?
$33,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $94,400. Median gross rent is $463 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Gassaway businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $3.9 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $405,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Gassaway, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Gassaway borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Gassaway. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Gassaway figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Braxton County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Gassaway.
Is zoning published for Gassaway?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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