Elkview vs Glasgow

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

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

Both have a population of 800. Elkview has the higher median household income ($71,908 vs $51,304 in Glasgow). Elkview has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $96,900 in Glasgow).

Population, income & housing

	Elkview	Glasgow
Population	800	800
Median age	50.9 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,908	$51,304
Median home value	$160,600	$96,900
Median gross rent	—	$879
Housing units	502	337
Homeownership rate	66.7%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkview	Glasgow
Population	1,673 → 800 (-52.2%)	768 → 800 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$27,140 → $71,908 (+165.0%)	$45,208 → $51,304 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $160,600 (+84.4%)	$84,100 → $96,900 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $669 (+6.5%)	$754 → $879 (+16.6%)

Elkview

Population

1,673800

Median household income

$27,140$71,908

Median home value

$87,100$160,600

Median gross rent

$628$669

Glasgow

Population

768800

Median household income

$45,208$51,304

Median home value

$84,100$96,900

Median gross rent

$754$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkview	Glasgow
Under 5	4.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	5.8%	10.1%
18 to 24	11.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	16.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	16.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	24.8%
75 and over	13.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkview	Glasgow
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	96.9%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkview	Glasgow
No high school diploma	2.6%	20.7%
High school graduate	40.1%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkview	Glasgow
Drove alone	66.0%	80.1%
Carpooled	22.2%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkview	Glasgow
1-unit, detached	65.1%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	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	31.7%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	Elkview	Glasgow
Poverty rate	8.5%	21.1%
Average household size	1.90	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1982	1975