Grant Town vs Worthington

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

Grant Town and Worthington 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 94 in Worthington). Grant Town has the higher median household income ($53,393 vs $35,625 in Worthington). Grant Town has the higher median home value ($90,300 vs $76,700 in Worthington).

Population, income & housing

	Grant Town	Worthington
Population	405	94
Median age	48.2 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,393	$35,625
Median home value	$90,300	$76,700
Housing units	184	58
Homeownership rate	87.4%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grant Town	Worthington
Population	527 → 405 (-23.1%)	194 → 94 (-51.5%)
Median household income	$36,932 → $53,393 (+44.6%)	$28,819 → $35,625 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$59,100 → $90,300 (+52.8%)	$100,000 → $76,700 (-23.3%)
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

Worthington

Population

19494

Median household income

$28,819$35,625

Median home value

$100,000$76,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grant Town	Worthington
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	2.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.8%	27.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	23.4%
65 to 74	17.8%	11.7%
75 and over	3.0%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grant Town	Worthington
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	90.4%
Black or African American	4.9%	2.1%
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%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grant Town	Worthington
No high school diploma	8.1%	17.6%
High school graduate	45.8%	51.8%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grant Town	Worthington
Drove alone	80.0%	75.6%
Carpooled	20.0%	24.4%
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	Worthington
1-unit, detached	92.4%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Grant Town	Worthington
Poverty rate	17.8%	16.3%
Average household size	2.55	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1938	1943