Greenview vs Sylvester

A side-by-side comparison of Greenview and Sylvester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenview has the higher population (223 vs 192 in Sylvester). Sylvester has the higher median household income ($70,156 vs $56,742 in Greenview). Sylvester has the higher median home value ($79,000 vs $43,300 in Greenview).

Population, income & housing

	Greenview	Sylvester
Population	223	192
Median age	51.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,742	$70,156
Median home value	$43,300	$79,000
Housing units	104	101
Homeownership rate	90.2%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenview	Sylvester
Population	444 → 223 (-49.8%)	240 → 192 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $56,742 (-7.4%)	$45,000 → $70,156 (+55.9%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $43,300 (+333.0%)	$50,000 → $79,000 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$873 → $940 (+7.7%)

Greenview

Population

444223

Median household income

$61,250$56,742

Median home value

$9,999$43,300

Sylvester

Population

240192

Median household income

$45,000$70,156

Median home value

$50,000$79,000

Median gross rent

$873$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenview	Sylvester
Under 5	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	9.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	19.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	17.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	19.7%	9.4%
65 to 74	27.8%	9.4%
75 and over	0.0%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenview	Sylvester
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenview	Sylvester
No high school diploma	16.3%	15.0%
High school graduate	71.1%	59.3%
Some college or associate's	12.6%	1.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenview	Sylvester
Drove alone	85.4%	71.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenview	Sylvester
1-unit, detached	78.8%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenview	Sylvester
Poverty rate	43.9%	1.6%
Average household size	2.72	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	—	43
Median year structure built	1961	1957