Carpendale vs Piedmont

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

Carpendale and Piedmont 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 872 in Piedmont). Carpendale has the higher median household income ($59,679 vs $44,792 in Piedmont). Carpendale has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $44,500 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Carpendale	Piedmont
Population	1,053	872
Median age	45.6 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,679	$44,792
Median home value	$169,200	$44,500
Median gross rent	$709	$489
Housing units	428	455
Homeownership rate	85.3%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpendale	Piedmont
Population	748 → 1,053 (+40.8%)	778 → 872 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$62,750 → $59,679 (-4.9%)	$34,737 → $44,792 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$118,500 → $169,200 (+42.8%)	$47,700 → $44,500 (-6.7%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $709 (-17.6%)	$457 → $489 (+7.0%)

Carpendale

Population

7481,053

Median household income

$62,750$59,679

Median home value

$118,500$169,200

Median gross rent

$860$709

Piedmont

Population

778872

Median household income

$34,737$44,792

Median home value

$47,700$44,500

Median gross rent

$457$489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpendale	Piedmont
Under 5	4.8%	1.1%
5 to 17	10.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	2.4%	12.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	4.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	19.6%
45 to 54	17.2%	21.6%
55 to 64	16.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.2%
75 and over	8.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpendale	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	76.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	20.3%
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%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpendale	Piedmont
No high school diploma	2.4%	9.7%
High school graduate	55.0%	60.0%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpendale	Piedmont
Drove alone	81.7%	83.4%
Carpooled	2.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	6.1%
Walked	1.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	2.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpendale	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	85.0%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Carpendale	Piedmont
Poverty rate	10.9%	18.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1973	1938