Valley Grove vs Wheeling

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

Valley Grove 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 448 in Valley Grove). Valley Grove has the higher median household income ($54,028 vs $48,498 in Wheeling). Wheeling has the higher median home value ($142,500 vs $136,700 in Valley Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Valley Grove	Wheeling
Population	448	26,670
Median age	32.3 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,028	$48,498
Median home value	$136,700	$142,500
Median gross rent	$786	$795
Housing units	157	14,560
Homeownership rate	81.0%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Valley Grove	Wheeling
Population	382 → 448 (+17.3%)	27,062 → 26,670 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$37,639 → $54,028 (+43.5%)	$44,119 → $48,498 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $136,700 (+60.8%)	$110,100 → $142,500 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $786 (+15.4%)	$658 → $795 (+20.8%)

Valley Grove

Population

382448

Median household income

$37,639$54,028

Median home value

$85,000$136,700

Median gross rent

$681$786

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)

	Valley Grove	Wheeling
Under 5	1.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	28.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	20.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	7.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	15.0%	13.7%
75 and over	2.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Valley Grove	Wheeling
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Valley Grove	Wheeling
No high school diploma	3.7%	7.7%
High school graduate	41.4%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Valley Grove	Wheeling
Drove alone	94.4%	77.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	2.2%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Valley Grove	Wheeling
1-unit, detached	86.6%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Valley Grove	Wheeling
Poverty rate	8.4%	19.3%
Average household size	3.27	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1953	1950