Keyser vs Piedmont

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

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

Keyser has the higher population (4,870 vs 872 in Piedmont). Keyser has the higher median household income ($47,991 vs $44,792 in Piedmont). Keyser has the higher median home value ($141,400 vs $44,500 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Keyser	Piedmont
Population	4,870	872
Median age	39.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,991	$44,792
Median home value	$141,400	$44,500
Median gross rent	$631	$489
Housing units	2,718	455
Homeownership rate	50.0%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keyser	Piedmont
Population	5,050 → 4,870 (-3.6%)	778 → 872 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$36,448 → $47,991 (+31.7%)	$34,737 → $44,792 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$99,300 → $141,400 (+42.4%)	$47,700 → $44,500 (-6.7%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $631 (-8.7%)	$457 → $489 (+7.0%)

Keyser

Population

5,0504,870

Median household income

$36,448$47,991

Median home value

$99,300$141,400

Median gross rent

$691$631

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)

	Keyser	Piedmont
Under 5	0.1%	1.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	12.3%
25 to 34	16.6%	4.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	19.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	21.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	15.9%	9.2%
75 and over	7.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keyser	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	76.1%
Black or African American	4.2%	20.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keyser	Piedmont
No high school diploma	16.4%	9.7%
High school graduate	28.6%	60.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keyser	Piedmont
Drove alone	76.1%	83.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.6%
Public transit	3.4%	6.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keyser	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	57.5%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	21.9%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	6.6%
20 or more units	4.2%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Keyser	Piedmont
Poverty rate	27.3%	18.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1962	1938