Benwood vs Glen Dale

A side-by-side comparison of Benwood and Glen Dale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glen Dale has the higher population (1,517 vs 1,173 in Benwood). Glen Dale has the higher median household income ($87,955 vs $39,474 in Benwood). Glen Dale has the higher median home value ($200,500 vs $90,400 in Benwood).

Population, income & housing

	Benwood	Glen Dale
Population	1,173	1,517
Median age	47.1 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,474	$87,955
Median home value	$90,400	$200,500
Median gross rent	$681	$907
Housing units	709	765
Homeownership rate	67.4%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benwood	Glen Dale
Population	1,390 → 1,173 (-15.6%)	1,548 → 1,517 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$33,333 → $39,474 (+18.4%)	$58,942 → $87,955 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$58,700 → $90,400 (+54.0%)	$151,700 → $200,500 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$553 → $681 (+23.1%)	$681 → $907 (+33.2%)

Benwood

Population

1,3901,173

Median household income

$33,333$39,474

Median home value

$58,700$90,400

Median gross rent

$553$681

Glen Dale

Population

1,5481,517

Median household income

$58,942$87,955

Median home value

$151,700$200,500

Median gross rent

$681$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benwood	Glen Dale
Under 5	2.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	3.3%
25 to 34	13.2%	17.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	6.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	21.4%	20.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	16.5%
75 and over	7.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benwood	Glen Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	95.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benwood	Glen Dale
No high school diploma	11.8%	3.9%
High school graduate	43.7%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benwood	Glen Dale
Drove alone	78.9%	85.6%
Carpooled	13.2%	6.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	4.9%
Other means	0.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benwood	Glen Dale
1-unit, detached	63.8%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	3.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Benwood	Glen Dale
Poverty rate	24.9%	8.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1945	1952