Van vs Whitesville

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

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

Whitesville has the higher population (168 vs 129 in Van). Whitesville has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $63,864 in Van). Whitesville has the higher median home value ($90,300 vs $70,000 in Van).

Population, income & housing

	Van	Whitesville
Population	129	168
Median age	52.1 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,864	$67,500
Median home value	$70,000	$90,300
Median gross rent	—	$654
Housing units	46	214
Homeownership rate	78.3%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Van	Whitesville
Population	178 → 129 (-27.5%)	377 → 168 (-55.4%)
Median household income	$71,548 → $63,864 (-10.7%)	$20,313 → $67,500 (+232.3%)
Median home value	$45,800 → $70,000 (+52.8%)	$54,100 → $90,300 (+66.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$456 → $654 (+43.4%)

Van

Population

178129

Median household income

$71,548$63,864

Median home value

$45,800$70,000

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)

	Van	Whitesville
Under 5	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	21.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	7.0%	22.6%
45 to 54	24.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	5.4%	19.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	2.4%
75 and over	17.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Van	Whitesville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	7.8%	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+

	Van	Whitesville
No high school diploma	8.9%	16.4%
High school graduate	71.3%	63.6%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Van	Whitesville
Drove alone	100.0%	64.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	19.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Van	Whitesville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Van	Whitesville
Poverty rate	16.3%	14.3%
Average household size	2.80	2.71
Median year structure built	1947	1955