Granville vs Westover

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

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

Westover has the higher population (4,007 vs 1,215 in Granville). Westover has the higher median household income ($58,333 vs $32,015 in Granville). Westover has the higher median home value ($179,500 vs $135,400 in Granville).

Population, income & housing

	Granville	Westover
Population	1,215	4,007
Median age	26.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$32,015	$58,333
Median home value	$135,400	$179,500
Median gross rent	$789	$895
Housing units	675	2,052
Homeownership rate	41.9%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granville	Westover
Population	2,735 → 1,215 (-55.6%)	4,196 → 4,007 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$28,080 → $32,015 (+14.0%)	$44,139 → $58,333 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$70,800 → $135,400 (+91.2%)	$145,400 → $179,500 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $789 (+7.6%)	$750 → $895 (+19.3%)

Granville

Population

2,7351,215

Median household income

$28,080$32,015

Median home value

$70,800$135,400

Median gross rent

$733$789

Westover

Population

4,1964,007

Median household income

$44,139$58,333

Median home value

$145,400$179,500

Median gross rent

$750$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granville	Westover
Under 5	1.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	4.0%	9.4%
18 to 24	42.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	18.1%	19.2%
35 to 44	4.1%	19.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	5.4%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.2%
75 and over	3.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granville	Westover
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	86.6%
Black or African American	2.5%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granville	Westover
No high school diploma	13.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	34.7%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granville	Westover
Drove alone	79.9%	72.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.7%
Walked	3.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granville	Westover
1-unit, detached	31.7%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	21.2%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	29.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Granville	Westover
Poverty rate	41.0%	12.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1990	1957