Chelyan vs Hansford

A side-by-side comparison of Chelyan and Hansford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chelyan has the higher population (252 vs 86 in Hansford). Chelyan has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $20,729 in Hansford). Since 2019, Hansford's population has grown faster (+56.4% vs -74.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Chelyan	Hansford
Population	252	86
Median age	24.9 yrs	69.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,250	$20,729
Median home value	$75,200	—
Housing units	125	116
Homeownership rate	69.7%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelyan	Hansford
Population	994 → 252 (-74.6%)	55 → 86 (+56.4%)
Median household income	$25,237 → $96,250 (+281.4%)	$20,292 → $20,729 (+2.2%)
Median home value	$49,900 → $75,200 (+50.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$648 → $639 (-1.4%)	—

Chelyan

Population

994252

Median household income

$25,237$96,250

Median home value

$49,900$75,200

Median gross rent

$648$639

Hansford

Population

5586

Median household income

$20,292$20,729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelyan	Hansford
Under 5	36.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	15.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	25.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	44.2%
65 to 74	14.3%	27.9%
75 and over	8.3%	27.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelyan	Hansford
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	72.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	27.9%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelyan	Hansford
No high school diploma	0.0%	27.9%
High school graduate	23.1%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	25.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelyan	Hansford
Drove alone	79.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelyan	Hansford
1-unit, detached	83.2%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	44.8%

Poverty & households

	Chelyan	Hansford
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.3%
Average household size	2.55	1.10
Median year structure built	1960	1957