Green Spring vs Romney

A side-by-side comparison of Green Spring and Romney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Romney has the higher population (1,714 vs 123 in Green Spring). Green Spring has the higher median household income ($76,406 vs $39,118 in Romney). Since 2019, Romney's population has grown faster (-18.7% vs -23.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Green Spring	Romney
Population	123	1,714
Median age	22.9 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,406	$39,118
Median home value	—	$150,000
Median gross rent	—	$586
Housing units	53	915
Homeownership rate	55.6%	49.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Spring	Romney
Population	160 → 123 (-23.1%)	2,107 → 1,714 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$67,632 → $76,406 (+13.0%)	$33,675 → $39,118 (+16.2%)
Median home value	—	$118,000 → $150,000 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$527 → $586 (+11.2%)

Green Spring

Population

160123

Median household income

$67,632$76,406

Romney

Population

2,1071,714

Median household income

$33,675$39,118

Median home value

$118,000$150,000

Median gross rent

$527$586

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Spring	Romney
Under 5	17.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	17.6%
18 to 24	25.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	5.5%
35 to 44	22.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	17.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	16.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.9%
75 and over	0.0%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Spring	Romney
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
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%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Spring	Romney
No high school diploma	15.3%	21.8%
High school graduate	66.1%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Spring	Romney
Drove alone	100.0%	87.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Spring	Romney
1-unit, detached	83.0%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Green Spring	Romney
Poverty rate	0.0%	33.0%
Average household size	3.42	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1938	1971