Carolina vs Grant Town

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

Carolina 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 188 in Carolina). Grant Town has the higher median household income ($53,393 vs $19,188 in Carolina). Grant Town has the higher median home value ($90,300 vs $80,500 in Carolina).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina	Grant Town
Population	188	405
Median age	32.8 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$19,188	$53,393
Median home value	$80,500	$90,300
Housing units	99	184
Homeownership rate	63.6%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina	Grant Town
Population	451 → 188 (-58.3%)	527 → 405 (-23.1%)
Median household income	$36,618 → $19,188 (-47.6%)	$36,932 → $53,393 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $80,500 (+46.4%)	$59,100 → $90,300 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$590 → $683 (+15.8%)

Carolina

Population

451188

Median household income

$36,618$19,188

Median home value

$55,000$80,500

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)

	Carolina	Grant Town
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	9.0%	15.3%
18 to 24	26.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	19.1%	7.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	16.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	25.5%	17.8%
75 and over	9.0%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina	Grant Town
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	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	9.0%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina	Grant Town
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	30.6%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina	Grant Town
Drove alone	100.0%	80.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina	Grant Town
1-unit, detached	89.9%	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	10.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carolina	Grant Town
Poverty rate	48.9%	17.8%
Average household size	1.90	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1981	1938