Carpendale vs Elk Garden

A side-by-side comparison of Carpendale and Elk Garden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carpendale has the higher population (1,053 vs 195 in Elk Garden). Carpendale has the higher median household income ($59,679 vs $58,750 in Elk Garden). Carpendale has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $81,800 in Elk Garden).

Population, income & housing

	Carpendale	Elk Garden
Population	1,053	195
Median age	45.6 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,679	$58,750
Median home value	$169,200	$81,800
Median gross rent	$709	—
Housing units	428	76
Homeownership rate	85.3%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpendale	Elk Garden
Population	748 → 1,053 (+40.8%)	185 → 195 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$62,750 → $59,679 (-4.9%)	$34,375 → $58,750 (+70.9%)
Median home value	$118,500 → $169,200 (+42.8%)	$81,400 → $81,800 (+0.5%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $709 (-17.6%)	—

Carpendale

Population

7481,053

Median household income

$62,750$59,679

Median home value

$118,500$169,200

Median gross rent

$860$709

Elk Garden

Population

185195

Median household income

$34,375$58,750

Median home value

$81,400$81,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpendale	Elk Garden
Under 5	4.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	10.7%	28.2%
18 to 24	2.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	17.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	3.1%
75 and over	8.2%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpendale	Elk Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	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	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpendale	Elk Garden
No high school diploma	2.4%	14.9%
High school graduate	55.0%	71.1%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpendale	Elk Garden
Drove alone	81.7%	53.8%
Carpooled	2.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	23.8%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	12.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpendale	Elk Garden
1-unit, detached	85.0%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Carpendale	Elk Garden
Poverty rate	10.9%	1.5%
Average household size	2.62	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	57
Median year structure built	1973	1978