Clearview vs West Liberty

A side-by-side comparison of Clearview and West Liberty: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Liberty has the higher population (1,568 vs 505 in Clearview). Clearview has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $43,333 in West Liberty). Clearview has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $120,000 in West Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	Clearview	West Liberty
Population	505	1,568
Median age	50.4 yrs	20.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$43,333
Median home value	$214,700	$120,000
Median gross rent	$917	$1,750
Housing units	219	300
Homeownership rate	91.9%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearview	West Liberty
Population	545 → 505 (-7.3%)	1,655 → 1,568 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$69,688 → $73,750 (+5.8%)	$36,250 → $43,333 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $214,700 (+47.3%)	$107,900 → $120,000 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $917 (+44.6%)	$604 → $1,750 (+189.7%)

Clearview

Population

545505

Median household income

$69,688$73,750

Median home value

$145,800$214,700

Median gross rent

$634$917

West Liberty

Population

1,6551,568

Median household income

$36,250$43,333

Median home value

$107,900$120,000

Median gross rent

$604$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearview	West Liberty
Under 5	8.9%	0.4%
5 to 17	12.5%	3.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	79.0%
25 to 34	7.5%	3.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	2.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	2.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	2.9%
65 to 74	18.6%	3.3%
75 and over	10.3%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearview	West Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearview	West Liberty
No high school diploma	2.2%	6.2%
High school graduate	32.8%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearview	West Liberty
Drove alone	90.9%	60.3%
Carpooled	1.3%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	4.4%
Walked	1.7%	23.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearview	West Liberty
1-unit, detached	93.6%	47.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	40.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Clearview	West Liberty
Poverty rate	9.3%	39.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1962	1973