Clearview vs Wheeling

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

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

Wheeling has the higher population (26,670 vs 505 in Clearview). Clearview has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $48,498 in Wheeling). Clearview has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $142,500 in Wheeling).

Population, income & housing

	Clearview	Wheeling
Population	505	26,670
Median age	50.4 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$48,498
Median home value	$214,700	$142,500
Median gross rent	$917	$795
Housing units	219	14,560
Homeownership rate	91.9%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearview	Wheeling
Population	545 → 505 (-7.3%)	27,062 → 26,670 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$69,688 → $73,750 (+5.8%)	$44,119 → $48,498 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $214,700 (+47.3%)	$110,100 → $142,500 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $917 (+44.6%)	$658 → $795 (+20.8%)

Clearview

Population

545505

Median household income

$69,688$73,750

Median home value

$145,800$214,700

Median gross rent

$634$917

Wheeling

Population

27,06226,670

Median household income

$44,119$48,498

Median home value

$110,100$142,500

Median gross rent

$658$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearview	Wheeling
Under 5	8.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	18.6%	13.7%
75 and over	10.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearview	Wheeling
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearview	Wheeling
No high school diploma	2.2%	7.7%
High school graduate	32.8%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearview	Wheeling
Drove alone	90.9%	77.1%
Carpooled	1.3%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	1.7%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearview	Wheeling
1-unit, detached	93.6%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Clearview	Wheeling
Poverty rate	9.3%	19.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1962	1950