Blacksville vs Granville

A side-by-side comparison of Blacksville and Granville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Granville has the higher population (1,215 vs 59 in Blacksville). Blacksville has the higher median household income ($35,833 vs $32,015 in Granville). Since 2019, Blacksville's population has grown faster (-47.8% vs -55.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Blacksville	Granville
Population	59	1,215
Median age	62.6 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,833	$32,015
Median home value	—	$135,400
Median gross rent	—	$789
Housing units	48	675
Homeownership rate	80.6%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blacksville	Granville
Population	113 → 59 (-47.8%)	2,735 → 1,215 (-55.6%)
Median household income	$52,857 → $35,833 (-32.2%)	$28,080 → $32,015 (+14.0%)
Median home value	—	$70,800 → $135,400 (+91.2%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $657 (+5.5%)	$733 → $789 (+7.6%)

Blacksville

Population

11359

Median household income

$52,857$35,833

Median gross rent

$623$657

Granville

Population

2,7351,215

Median household income

$28,080$32,015

Median home value

$70,800$135,400

Median gross rent

$733$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blacksville	Granville
Under 5	6.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	4.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	42.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	18.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	45.8%	5.4%
65 to 74	22.0%	9.2%
75 and over	15.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blacksville	Granville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blacksville	Granville
No high school diploma	14.3%	13.0%
High school graduate	67.3%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blacksville	Granville
Drove alone	69.2%	79.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.8%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blacksville	Granville
1-unit, detached	45.8%	31.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	29.2%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Blacksville	Granville
Poverty rate	23.7%	41.0%
Average household size	1.64	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1974	1990