Peterstown vs Union

A side-by-side comparison of Peterstown and Union: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Peterstown has the higher population (657 vs 414 in Union). Peterstown has the higher median household income ($45,000 vs $32,281 in Union). Union has the higher median home value ($158,000 vs $117,200 in Peterstown).

Population, income & housing

	Peterstown	Union
Population	657	414
Median age	25.1 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$32,281
Median home value	$117,200	$158,000
Median gross rent	$587	$418
Housing units	254	332
Homeownership rate	68.0%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	21.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Peterstown	Union
Population	693 → 657 (-5.2%)	428 → 414 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $45,000 (+2.9%)	$24,554 → $32,281 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$116,800 → $117,200 (+0.3%)	$105,500 → $158,000 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $587 (-22.8%)	$360 → $418 (+16.1%)

Peterstown

Population

693657

Median household income

$43,750$45,000

Median home value

$116,800$117,200

Median gross rent

$760$587

Union

Population

428414

Median household income

$24,554$32,281

Median home value

$105,500$158,000

Median gross rent

$360$418

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Peterstown	Union
Under 5	15.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	32.1%	2.9%
18 to 24	2.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	4.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.7%
45 to 54	5.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	5.9%	19.1%
65 to 74	6.5%	11.8%
75 and over	6.8%	28.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Peterstown	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	82.9%
Black or African American	9.3%	3.9%
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	11.9%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Peterstown	Union
No high school diploma	14.5%	4.6%
High school graduate	47.7%	57.9%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Peterstown	Union
Drove alone	88.5%	65.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	18.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Peterstown	Union
1-unit, detached	76.0%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Peterstown	Union
Poverty rate	29.1%	14.3%
Average household size	3.19	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	29	12
Median year structure built	1965	1958