Elk Garden vs Wiley Ford

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

Elk Garden 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.

Wiley Ford has the higher population (588 vs 195 in Elk Garden). Wiley Ford has the higher median household income ($89,514 vs $58,750 in Elk Garden). Wiley Ford has the higher median home value ($192,900 vs $81,800 in Elk Garden).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Garden	Wiley Ford
Population	195	588
Median age	33.9 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$89,514
Median home value	$81,800	$192,900
Housing units	76	373
Homeownership rate	86.4%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Garden	Wiley Ford
Population	185 → 195 (+5.4%)	852 → 588 (-31.0%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $58,750 (+70.9%)	$33,542 → $89,514 (+166.9%)
Median home value	$81,400 → $81,800 (+0.5%)	$85,000 → $192,900 (+126.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$813 → $952 (+17.1%)

Elk Garden

Population

185195

Median household income

$34,375$58,750

Median home value

$81,400$81,800

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)

	Elk Garden	Wiley Ford
Under 5	7.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	28.2%	27.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	6.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	7.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	23.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	4.6%
65 to 74	3.1%	10.9%
75 and over	1.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Garden	Wiley Ford
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Garden	Wiley Ford
No high school diploma	14.9%	8.5%
High school graduate	71.1%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Garden	Wiley Ford
Drove alone	53.8%	68.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	23.4%
Public transit	23.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Garden	Wiley Ford
1-unit, detached	80.3%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Elk Garden	Wiley Ford
Poverty rate	1.5%	21.9%
Average household size	3.31	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	57	14
Median year structure built	1978	1976