Cheat Lake vs Granville

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

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

Cheat Lake has the higher population (10,485 vs 1,215 in Granville). Cheat Lake has the higher median household income ($111,379 vs $32,015 in Granville). Cheat Lake has the higher median home value ($345,500 vs $135,400 in Granville).

Population, income & housing

	Cheat Lake	Granville
Population	10,485	1,215
Median age	41.5 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$111,379	$32,015
Median home value	$345,500	$135,400
Median gross rent	$1,113	$789
Housing units	4,555	675
Homeownership rate	80.2%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.7%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheat Lake	Granville
Population	9,251 → 10,485 (+13.3%)	2,735 → 1,215 (-55.6%)
Median household income	$89,310 → $111,379 (+24.7%)	$28,080 → $32,015 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$298,900 → $345,500 (+15.6%)	$70,800 → $135,400 (+91.2%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $1,113 (+22.6%)	$733 → $789 (+7.6%)

Cheat Lake

Population

9,25110,485

Median household income

$89,310$111,379

Median home value

$298,900$345,500

Median gross rent

$908$1,113

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)

	Cheat Lake	Granville
Under 5	5.7%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	4.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	42.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	18.1%
35 to 44	16.6%	4.1%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	5.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.2%
75 and over	7.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheat Lake	Granville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	86.9%
Black or African American	3.9%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	2.7%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheat Lake	Granville
No high school diploma	2.3%	13.0%
High school graduate	18.4%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	36.4%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheat Lake	Granville
Drove alone	79.5%	79.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	9.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheat Lake	Granville
1-unit, detached	68.0%	31.7%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	11.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	29.2%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Cheat Lake	Granville
Poverty rate	5.4%	41.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1993	1990