Grant Town vs Rivesville

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

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

Rivesville has the higher population (701 vs 405 in Grant Town). Rivesville has the higher median household income ($61,678 vs $53,393 in Grant Town). Rivesville has the higher median home value ($132,400 vs $90,300 in Grant Town).

Population, income & housing

	Grant Town	Rivesville
Population	405	701
Median age	48.2 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,393	$61,678
Median home value	$90,300	$132,400
Median gross rent	—	$840
Housing units	184	345
Homeownership rate	87.4%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant Town	Rivesville
Population	527 → 405 (-23.1%)	998 → 701 (-29.8%)
Median household income	$36,932 → $53,393 (+44.6%)	$51,346 → $61,678 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$59,100 → $90,300 (+52.8%)	$111,900 → $132,400 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $683 (+15.8%)	$738 → $840 (+13.8%)

Grant Town

Population

527405

Median household income

$36,932$53,393

Median home value

$59,100$90,300

Median gross rent

$590$683

Rivesville

Population

998701

Median household income

$51,346$61,678

Median home value

$111,900$132,400

Median gross rent

$738$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grant Town	Rivesville
Under 5	6.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	10.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	14.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	8.1%
45 to 54	16.8%	6.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	19.4%
65 to 74	17.8%	13.7%
75 and over	3.0%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant Town	Rivesville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	87.9%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.1%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant Town	Rivesville
No high school diploma	8.1%	7.9%
High school graduate	45.8%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant Town	Rivesville
Drove alone	80.0%	78.0%
Carpooled	20.0%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grant Town	Rivesville
1-unit, detached	92.4%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Grant Town	Rivesville
Poverty rate	17.8%	14.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1938	1963