Chesapeake vs Clendenin

A side-by-side comparison of Chesapeake and Clendenin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chesapeake has the higher population (1,615 vs 994 in Clendenin). Chesapeake has the higher median household income ($60,526 vs $49,423 in Clendenin). Chesapeake has the higher median home value ($83,100 vs $81,700 in Clendenin).

Population, income & housing

	Chesapeake	Clendenin
Population	1,615	994
Median age	41.2 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,526	$49,423
Median home value	$83,100	$81,700
Median gross rent	$979	$1,063
Housing units	774	384
Homeownership rate	74.5%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesapeake	Clendenin
Population	1,915 → 1,615 (-15.7%)	1,101 → 994 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$38,550 → $60,526 (+57.0%)	$42,083 → $49,423 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $83,100 (+33.0%)	$66,300 → $81,700 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $979 (+37.7%)	$805 → $1,063 (+32.0%)

Chesapeake

Population

1,9151,615

Median household income

$38,550$60,526

Median home value

$62,500$83,100

Median gross rent

$711$979

Clendenin

Population

1,101994

Median household income

$42,083$49,423

Median home value

$66,300$81,700

Median gross rent

$805$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesapeake	Clendenin
Under 5	8.4%	18.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	13.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	6.4%
45 to 54	16.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.1%
75 and over	7.4%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesapeake	Clendenin
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	99.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesapeake	Clendenin
No high school diploma	14.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	47.9%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesapeake	Clendenin
Drove alone	82.2%	63.8%
Carpooled	11.2%	17.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	12.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	6.3%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesapeake	Clendenin
1-unit, detached	67.4%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Chesapeake	Clendenin
Poverty rate	18.5%	4.4%
Average household size	2.29	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1961	1949