Clendenin vs Elkview

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

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

Clendenin has the higher population (994 vs 800 in Elkview). Elkview has the higher median household income ($71,908 vs $49,423 in Clendenin). Elkview has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $81,700 in Clendenin).

Population, income & housing

	Clendenin	Elkview
Population	994	800
Median age	30.3 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,423	$71,908
Median home value	$81,700	$160,600
Median gross rent	$1,063	—
Housing units	384	502
Homeownership rate	70.2%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clendenin	Elkview
Population	1,101 → 994 (-9.7%)	1,673 → 800 (-52.2%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $49,423 (+17.4%)	$27,140 → $71,908 (+165.0%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $81,700 (+23.2%)	$87,100 → $160,600 (+84.4%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $1,063 (+32.0%)	$628 → $669 (+6.5%)

Clendenin

Population

1,101994

Median household income

$42,083$49,423

Median home value

$66,300$81,700

Median gross rent

$805$1,063

Elkview

Population

1,673800

Median household income

$27,140$71,908

Median home value

$87,100$160,600

Median gross rent

$628$669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clendenin	Elkview
Under 5	18.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	5.8%
18 to 24	13.2%	11.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	6.4%	16.6%
45 to 54	7.2%	16.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.6%
75 and over	3.3%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clendenin	Elkview
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.1%
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	0.1%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clendenin	Elkview
No high school diploma	9.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	45.6%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clendenin	Elkview
Drove alone	63.8%	66.0%
Carpooled	17.7%	22.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clendenin	Elkview
1-unit, detached	93.8%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Clendenin	Elkview
Poverty rate	4.4%	8.5%
Average household size	3.37	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1949	1982