Chelyan vs Shrewsbury

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

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

Shrewsbury has the higher population (329 vs 252 in Chelyan). Chelyan has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $48,674 in Shrewsbury). Shrewsbury has the higher median home value ($79,500 vs $75,200 in Chelyan).

Population, income & housing

	Chelyan	Shrewsbury
Population	252	329
Median age	24.9 yrs	67.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,250	$48,674
Median home value	$75,200	$79,500
Housing units	125	155
Homeownership rate	69.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	3.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelyan	Shrewsbury
Population	994 → 252 (-74.6%)	802 → 329 (-59.0%)
Median household income	$25,237 → $96,250 (+281.4%)	$77,679 → $48,674 (-37.3%)
Median home value	$49,900 → $75,200 (+50.7%)	$85,900 → $79,500 (-7.5%)
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

Shrewsbury

Population

802329

Median household income

$77,679$48,674

Median home value

$85,900$79,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelyan	Shrewsbury
Under 5	36.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	15.5%	19.5%
25 to 34	25.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	6.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	34.3%
75 and over	8.3%	23.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelyan	Shrewsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
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	Shrewsbury
No high school diploma	0.0%	24.5%
High school graduate	23.1%	56.6%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelyan	Shrewsbury
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	Shrewsbury
1-unit, detached	83.2%	64.5%
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%	35.5%

Poverty & households

	Chelyan	Shrewsbury
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.12
Median year structure built	1960	2000