Grant Town vs Rachel

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

Grant Town and Rachel 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 167 in Rachel). Rachel has the higher median household income ($87,569 vs $53,393 in Grant Town). Grant Town has the higher median home value ($90,300 vs $80,200 in Rachel).

Population, income & housing

	Grant Town	Rachel
Population	405	167
Median age	48.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,393	$87,569
Median home value	$90,300	$80,200
Housing units	184	58
Homeownership rate	87.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	28.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant Town	Rachel
Population	527 → 405 (-23.1%)	289 → 167 (-42.2%)
Median household income	$36,932 → $53,393 (+44.6%)	—
Median home value	$59,100 → $90,300 (+52.8%)	$75,600 → $80,200 (+6.1%)
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

Rachel

Population

289167

Median home value

$75,600$80,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grant Town	Rachel
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	26.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	19.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	2.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	24.6%
45 to 54	16.8%	1.2%
55 to 64	15.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	17.8%	13.2%
75 and over	3.0%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant Town	Rachel
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant Town	Rachel
No high school diploma	8.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.8%	71.9%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	10.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant Town	Rachel
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	Rachel
1-unit, detached	92.4%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	29.3%
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	Rachel
Poverty rate	17.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.55	4.07
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938