Glenville vs Sand Fork

A side-by-side comparison of Glenville and Sand Fork: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glenville has the higher population (1,049 vs 93 in Sand Fork). Sand Fork has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $46,875 in Glenville). Sand Fork has the higher median home value ($119,200 vs $95,000 in Glenville).

Population, income & housing

	Glenville	Sand Fork
Population	1,049	93
Median age	31.6 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$52,500
Median home value	$95,000	$119,200
Median gross rent	$852	—
Housing units	541	56
Homeownership rate	39.5%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenville	Sand Fork
Population	1,738 → 1,049 (-39.6%)	198 → 93 (-53.0%)
Median household income	$21,833 → $46,875 (+114.7%)	$52,857 → $52,500 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$75,600 → $95,000 (+25.7%)	$82,500 → $119,200 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $852 (+39.0%)	—

Glenville

Population

1,7381,049

Median household income

$21,833$46,875

Median home value

$75,600$95,000

Median gross rent

$613$852

Sand Fork

Population

19893

Median household income

$52,857$52,500

Median home value

$82,500$119,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenville	Sand Fork
Under 5	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	28.0%
18 to 24	24.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	18.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.5%
55 to 64	5.7%	18.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	4.3%
75 and over	8.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenville	Sand Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	95.7%
Black or African American	5.8%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenville	Sand Fork
No high school diploma	12.1%	18.6%
High school graduate	25.0%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	10.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenville	Sand Fork
Drove alone	74.0%	67.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	32.3%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenville	Sand Fork
1-unit, detached	73.4%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Glenville	Sand Fork
Poverty rate	18.1%	28.0%
Average household size	2.04	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	21	92
Median year structure built	1962	1953