Elkview vs Institute

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

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

Elkview has the higher population (800 vs 690 in Institute). Elkview has the higher median household income ($71,908 vs $47,625 in Institute). Elkview has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $93,000 in Institute).

Population, income & housing

	Elkview	Institute
Population	800	690
Median age	50.9 yrs	23.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,908	$47,625
Median home value	$160,600	$93,000
Median gross rent	—	$988
Housing units	502	249
Homeownership rate	66.7%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkview	Institute
Population	1,673 → 800 (-52.2%)	439 → 690 (+57.2%)
Median household income	$27,140 → $71,908 (+165.0%)	$44,485 → $47,625 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $160,600 (+84.4%)	$156,000 → $93,000 (-40.4%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $669 (+6.5%)	$951 → $988 (+3.9%)

Elkview

Population

1,673800

Median household income

$27,140$71,908

Median home value

$87,100$160,600

Median gross rent

$628$669

Institute

Population

439690

Median household income

$44,485$47,625

Median home value

$156,000$93,000

Median gross rent

$951$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkview	Institute
Under 5	4.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	5.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	11.4%	35.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	1.6%
35 to 44	16.6%	5.9%
45 to 54	16.4%	4.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	4.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	16.8%
75 and over	13.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkview	Institute
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	44.9%
Black or African American	2.1%	47.7%
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	5.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkview	Institute
No high school diploma	2.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.1%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkview	Institute
Drove alone	66.0%	46.1%
Carpooled	22.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	28.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkview	Institute
1-unit, detached	65.1%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	42.2%

Poverty & households

	Elkview	Institute
Poverty rate	8.5%	7.5%
Average household size	1.90	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	34	15
Median year structure built	1982	1976