Grant Town vs Idamay

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

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

Idamay has the higher population (635 vs 405 in Grant Town). Idamay has the higher median household income ($97,311 vs $53,393 in Grant Town). Idamay has the higher median home value ($114,400 vs $90,300 in Grant Town).

Population, income & housing

	Grant Town	Idamay
Population	405	635
Median age	48.2 yrs	63.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,393	$97,311
Median home value	$90,300	$114,400
Housing units	184	409
Homeownership rate	87.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant Town	Idamay
Population	527 → 405 (-23.1%)	616 → 635 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$36,932 → $53,393 (+44.6%)	$82,125 → $97,311 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$59,100 → $90,300 (+52.8%)	$86,800 → $114,400 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $683 (+15.8%)	—

Grant Town

Population

527405

Median household income

$36,932$53,393

Median home value

$59,100$90,300

Median gross rent

$590$683

Idamay

Population

616635

Median household income

$82,125$97,311

Median home value

$86,800$114,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grant Town	Idamay
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	10.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	7.9%	3.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	16.8%	5.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	28.3%
65 to 74	17.8%	26.0%
75 and over	3.0%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant Town	Idamay
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	91.7%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
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	12.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant Town	Idamay
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.6%
High school graduate	45.8%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant Town	Idamay
Drove alone	80.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	20.0%	0.0%
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)

	Grant Town	Idamay
1-unit, detached	92.4%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grant Town	Idamay
Poverty rate	17.8%	8.3%
Average household size	2.55	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	30	15
Median year structure built	1938	1938