Cedar Grove vs Handley

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Grove and Handley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cedar Grove has the higher population (468 vs 413 in Handley). Handley has the higher median household income ($72,750 vs $57,750 in Cedar Grove). Cedar Grove has the higher median home value ($72,500 vs $51,300 in Handley).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Grove	Handley
Population	468	413
Median age	49.3 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,750	$72,750
Median home value	$72,500	$51,300
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	242	156
Homeownership rate	88.4%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Grove	Handley
Population	679 → 468 (-31.1%)	189 → 413 (+118.5%)
Median household income	$48,359 → $57,750 (+19.4%)	$33,269 → $72,750 (+118.7%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $72,500 (-7.6%)	$44,000 → $51,300 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $638 (-18.3%)	—

Cedar Grove

Population

679468

Median household income

$48,359$57,750

Median home value

$78,500$72,500

Median gross rent

$781$638

Handley

Population

189413

Median household income

$33,269$72,750

Median home value

$44,000$51,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Grove	Handley
Under 5	2.1%	20.6%
5 to 17	13.5%	4.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	13.3%
25 to 34	3.6%	2.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	7.7%
45 to 54	17.3%	19.9%
55 to 64	24.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	15.0%
75 and over	8.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Grove	Handley
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
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	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Grove	Handley
No high school diploma	16.9%	27.6%
High school graduate	59.2%	63.0%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	5.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Grove	Handley
Drove alone	75.2%	95.0%
Carpooled	14.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	5.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Grove	Handley
1-unit, detached	58.7%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.6%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Grove	Handley
Poverty rate	11.3%	7.0%
Average household size	2.26	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1966	1968