Despard vs Enterprise

A side-by-side comparison of Despard and Enterprise: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Enterprise has the higher population (1,084 vs 1,038 in Despard). Enterprise has the higher median household income ($73,150 vs $33,929 in Despard). Enterprise has the higher median home value ($139,400 vs $82,100 in Despard).

Population, income & housing

	Despard	Enterprise
Population	1,038	1,084
Median age	33.4 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$33,929	$73,150
Median home value	$82,100	$139,400
Median gross rent	$596	—
Housing units	488	429
Homeownership rate	56.0%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	25.8%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Despard	Enterprise
Population	1,098 → 1,038 (-5.5%)	1,010 → 1,084 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $33,929 (-17.7%)	$63,173 → $73,150 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$52,800 → $82,100 (+55.5%)	$87,600 → $139,400 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $596 (-15.3%)	—

Despard

Population

1,0981,038

Median household income

$41,250$33,929

Median home value

$52,800$82,100

Median gross rent

$704$596

Enterprise

Population

1,0101,084

Median household income

$63,173$73,150

Median home value

$87,600$139,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Despard	Enterprise
Under 5	11.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	10.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	13.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	18.2%	5.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	6.4%
45 to 54	6.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	7.5%	20.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	17.1%
75 and over	10.2%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Despard	Enterprise
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	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	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Despard	Enterprise
No high school diploma	13.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	55.6%	64.4%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Despard	Enterprise
Drove alone	69.6%	96.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Despard	Enterprise
1-unit, detached	79.1%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Despard	Enterprise
Poverty rate	26.1%	1.6%
Average household size	2.23	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1938	1981