Clendenin vs Marmet

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

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

Marmet has the higher population (1,520 vs 994 in Clendenin). Clendenin has the higher median household income ($49,423 vs $47,620 in Marmet). Marmet has the higher median home value ($83,100 vs $81,700 in Clendenin).

Population, income & housing

	Clendenin	Marmet
Population	994	1,520
Median age	30.3 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,423	$47,620
Median home value	$81,700	$83,100
Median gross rent	$1,063	$791
Housing units	384	811
Homeownership rate	70.2%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	14.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clendenin	Marmet
Population	1,101 → 994 (-9.7%)	1,625 → 1,520 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $49,423 (+17.4%)	$39,500 → $47,620 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $81,700 (+23.2%)	$93,900 → $83,100 (-11.5%)
Median gross rent	$805 → $1,063 (+32.0%)	$784 → $791 (+0.9%)

Clendenin

Population

1,101994

Median household income

$42,083$49,423

Median home value

$66,300$81,700

Median gross rent

$805$1,063

Marmet

Population

1,6251,520

Median household income

$39,500$47,620

Median home value

$93,900$83,100

Median gross rent

$784$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clendenin	Marmet
Under 5	18.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	7.4%
18 to 24	13.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	6.4%	6.3%
45 to 54	7.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	19.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	16.0%
75 and over	3.3%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clendenin	Marmet
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.6%
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%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clendenin	Marmet
No high school diploma	9.1%	14.6%
High school graduate	45.6%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clendenin	Marmet
Drove alone	63.8%	70.7%
Carpooled	17.7%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	7.9%
Walked	12.3%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clendenin	Marmet
1-unit, detached	93.8%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Clendenin	Marmet
Poverty rate	4.4%	22.0%
Average household size	3.37	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1949	1962