Enterprise vs Shinnston

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

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

Shinnston has the higher population (2,198 vs 1,084 in Enterprise). Enterprise has the higher median household income ($73,150 vs $63,750 in Shinnston). Enterprise has the higher median home value ($139,400 vs $135,500 in Shinnston).

Population, income & housing

	Enterprise	Shinnston
Population	1,084	2,198
Median age	56.7 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,150	$63,750
Median home value	$139,400	$135,500
Median gross rent	—	$940
Housing units	429	1,046
Homeownership rate	93.6%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Enterprise	Shinnston
Population	1,010 → 1,084 (+7.3%)	2,265 → 2,198 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$63,173 → $73,150 (+15.8%)	$56,854 → $63,750 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $139,400 (+59.1%)	$109,200 → $135,500 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$810 → $940 (+16.0%)

Enterprise

Population

1,0101,084

Median household income

$63,173$73,150

Median home value

$87,600$139,400

Shinnston

Population

2,2652,198

Median household income

$56,854$63,750

Median home value

$109,200$135,500

Median gross rent

$810$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Enterprise	Shinnston
Under 5	4.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	5.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	6.4%	21.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	20.9%	8.3%
65 to 74	17.1%	13.7%
75 and over	14.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Enterprise	Shinnston
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Enterprise	Shinnston
No high school diploma	6.8%	5.1%
High school graduate	64.4%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Enterprise	Shinnston
Drove alone	96.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Enterprise	Shinnston
1-unit, detached	81.4%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Enterprise	Shinnston
Poverty rate	1.6%	15.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1981	1955