Elk Garden vs Piedmont

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

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

Piedmont has the higher population (872 vs 195 in Elk Garden). Elk Garden has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $44,792 in Piedmont). Elk Garden has the higher median home value ($81,800 vs $44,500 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Garden	Piedmont
Population	195	872
Median age	33.9 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$44,792
Median home value	$81,800	$44,500
Median gross rent	—	$489
Housing units	76	455
Homeownership rate	86.4%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Garden	Piedmont
Population	185 → 195 (+5.4%)	778 → 872 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $58,750 (+70.9%)	$34,737 → $44,792 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $81,800 (+0.5%)	$47,700 → $44,500 (-6.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$457 → $489 (+7.0%)

Elk Garden

Population

185195

Median household income

$34,375$58,750

Median home value

$81,400$81,800

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)

	Elk Garden	Piedmont
Under 5	7.7%	1.1%
5 to 17	28.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	12.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	4.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	19.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	21.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	3.1%	9.2%
75 and over	1.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Garden	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	76.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Garden	Piedmont
No high school diploma	14.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	71.1%	60.0%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Garden	Piedmont
Drove alone	53.8%	83.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	6.6%
Public transit	23.8%	6.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Garden	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	80.3%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Elk Garden	Piedmont
Poverty rate	1.5%	18.6%
Average household size	3.31	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	57	27
Median year structure built	1978	1938