Piedmont vs Wiley Ford

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

Piedmont 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.

Piedmont has the higher population (872 vs 588 in Wiley Ford). Wiley Ford has the higher median household income ($89,514 vs $44,792 in Piedmont). Wiley Ford has the higher median home value ($192,900 vs $44,500 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Piedmont	Wiley Ford
Population	872	588
Median age	44.7 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,792	$89,514
Median home value	$44,500	$192,900
Median gross rent	$489	—
Housing units	455	373
Homeownership rate	66.1%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piedmont	Wiley Ford
Population	778 → 872 (+12.1%)	852 → 588 (-31.0%)
Median household income	$34,737 → $44,792 (+28.9%)	$33,542 → $89,514 (+166.9%)
Median home value	$47,700 → $44,500 (-6.7%)	$85,000 → $192,900 (+126.9%)
Median gross rent	$457 → $489 (+7.0%)	$813 → $952 (+17.1%)

Piedmont

Population

778872

Median household income

$34,737$44,792

Median home value

$47,700$44,500

Median gross rent

$457$489

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)

	Piedmont	Wiley Ford
Under 5	1.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	27.6%
18 to 24	12.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	4.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	19.6%	7.5%
45 to 54	21.6%	23.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	4.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.9%
75 and over	4.4%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piedmont	Wiley Ford
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	95.7%
Black or African American	20.3%	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	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piedmont	Wiley Ford
No high school diploma	9.7%	8.5%
High school graduate	60.0%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piedmont	Wiley Ford
Drove alone	83.4%	68.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	23.4%
Public transit	6.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piedmont	Wiley Ford
1-unit, detached	70.5%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Piedmont	Wiley Ford
Poverty rate	18.6%	21.9%
Average household size	2.71	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	27	14
Median year structure built	1938	1976