Chelyan vs West Dunbar

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

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

West Dunbar has the higher population (385 vs 252 in Chelyan). Chelyan has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $37,188 in West Dunbar). West Dunbar has the higher median home value ($83,300 vs $75,200 in Chelyan).

Population, income & housing

	Chelyan	West Dunbar
Population	252	385
Median age	24.9 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$96,250	$37,188
Median home value	$75,200	$83,300
Median gross rent	—	$905
Housing units	125	373
Homeownership rate	69.7%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelyan	West Dunbar
Population	994 → 252 (-74.6%)	400 → 385 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$25,237 → $96,250 (+281.4%)	$43,229 → $37,188 (-14.0%)
Median home value	$49,900 → $75,200 (+50.7%)	$43,500 → $83,300 (+91.5%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $639 (-1.4%)	$743 → $905 (+21.8%)

Chelyan

Population

994252

Median household income

$25,237$96,250

Median home value

$49,900$75,200

Median gross rent

$648$639

West Dunbar

Population

400385

Median household income

$43,229$37,188

Median home value

$43,500$83,300

Median gross rent

$743$905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelyan	West Dunbar
Under 5	36.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.9%
18 to 24	15.5%	33.0%
25 to 34	25.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	9.6%
65 to 74	14.3%	9.1%
75 and over	8.3%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelyan	West Dunbar
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	37.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	55.8%
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%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelyan	West Dunbar
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.1%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelyan	West Dunbar
Drove alone	79.6%	98.8%
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%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelyan	West Dunbar
1-unit, detached	83.2%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Chelyan	West Dunbar
Poverty rate	0.0%	22.1%
Average household size	2.55	1.48
Mean commute (minutes)	—	15
Median year structure built	1960	1977