Baxter vs Grant Town

A side-by-side comparison of Baxter and Grant Town: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grant Town has the higher population (405 vs 153 in Baxter). Grant Town has the higher median household income ($53,393 vs $7,198 in Baxter). Baxter has the higher median home value ($93,500 vs $90,300 in Grant Town).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter	Grant Town
Population	153	405
Median age	23.5 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$7,198	$53,393
Median home value	$93,500	$90,300
Housing units	51	184
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	100.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter	Grant Town
Population	105 → 153 (+45.7%)	527 → 405 (-23.1%)
Median household income	—	$36,932 → $53,393 (+44.6%)
Median home value	—	$59,100 → $90,300 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$590 → $683 (+15.8%)

Baxter

Population

105153

Grant Town

Population

527405

Median household income

$36,932$53,393

Median home value

$59,100$90,300

Median gross rent

$590$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter	Grant Town
Under 5	20.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	39.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	17.8%
75 and over	7.8%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter	Grant Town
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.9%
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	0.0%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter	Grant Town
No high school diploma	29.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	71.0%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter	Grant Town
Drove alone	—	80.0%
Carpooled	—	20.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	0.0%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter	Grant Town
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baxter	Grant Town
Poverty rate	87.6%	17.8%
Average household size	3.00	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938