Carpendale vs Wiley Ford

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

Carpendale and Wiley Ford 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 588 in Wiley Ford). Wiley Ford has the higher median household income ($89,514 vs $59,679 in Carpendale). Wiley Ford has the higher median home value ($192,900 vs $169,200 in Carpendale).

Population, income & housing

	Carpendale	Wiley Ford
Population	1,053	588
Median age	45.6 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,679	$89,514
Median home value	$169,200	$192,900
Median gross rent	$709	—
Housing units	428	373
Homeownership rate	85.3%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carpendale	Wiley Ford
Population	748 → 1,053 (+40.8%)	852 → 588 (-31.0%)
Median household income	$62,750 → $59,679 (-4.9%)	$33,542 → $89,514 (+166.9%)
Median home value	$118,500 → $169,200 (+42.8%)	$85,000 → $192,900 (+126.9%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $709 (-17.6%)	$813 → $952 (+17.1%)

Carpendale

Population

7481,053

Median household income

$62,750$59,679

Median home value

$118,500$169,200

Median gross rent

$860$709

Wiley Ford

Population

852588

Median household income

$33,542$89,514

Median home value

$85,000$192,900

Median gross rent

$813$952

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carpendale	Wiley Ford
Under 5	4.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	10.7%	27.6%
18 to 24	2.4%	3.7%
25 to 34	16.0%	6.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	7.5%
45 to 54	17.2%	23.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	4.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.9%
75 and over	8.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carpendale	Wiley Ford
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	95.7%
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%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carpendale	Wiley Ford
No high school diploma	2.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	55.0%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carpendale	Wiley Ford
Drove alone	81.7%	68.4%
Carpooled	2.3%	23.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	8.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carpendale	Wiley Ford
1-unit, detached	85.0%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Carpendale	Wiley Ford
Poverty rate	10.9%	21.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1973	1976