Sylvester vs Whitesville

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

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

Sylvester has the higher population (192 vs 168 in Whitesville). Sylvester has the higher median household income ($70,156 vs $67,500 in Whitesville). Whitesville has the higher median home value ($90,300 vs $79,000 in Sylvester).

Population, income & housing

	Sylvester	Whitesville
Population	192	168
Median age	40.7 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,156	$67,500
Median home value	$79,000	$90,300
Median gross rent	—	$654
Housing units	101	214
Homeownership rate	84.6%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	15.5%	16.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sylvester	Whitesville
Population	240 → 192 (-20.0%)	377 → 168 (-55.4%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $70,156 (+55.9%)	$20,313 → $67,500 (+232.3%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $79,000 (+58.0%)	$54,100 → $90,300 (+66.9%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $940 (+7.7%)	$456 → $654 (+43.4%)

Sylvester

Population

240192

Median household income

$45,000$70,156

Median home value

$50,000$79,000

Median gross rent

$873$940

Whitesville

Population

377168

Median household income

$20,313$67,500

Median home value

$54,100$90,300

Median gross rent

$456$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sylvester	Whitesville
Under 5	2.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	19.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	19.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	22.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.4%	19.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	2.4%
75 and over	12.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sylvester	Whitesville
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+

	Sylvester	Whitesville
No high school diploma	15.0%	16.4%
High school graduate	59.3%	63.6%
Some college or associate's	1.8%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sylvester	Whitesville
Drove alone	71.4%	64.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	19.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sylvester	Whitesville
1-unit, detached	80.2%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	19.8%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Sylvester	Whitesville
Poverty rate	1.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.95	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	43	—
Median year structure built	1957	1955