Beaver vs Ghent

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver and Ghent: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beaver has the higher population (619 vs 363 in Ghent). Ghent has the higher median household income ($143,208 vs $30,568 in Beaver). Ghent has the higher median home value ($410,200 vs $87,600 in Beaver).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver	Ghent
Population	619	363
Median age	50.1 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$30,568	$143,208
Median home value	$87,600	$410,200
Housing units	468	327
Homeownership rate	86.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver	Ghent
Population	1,314 → 619 (-52.9%)	536 → 363 (-32.3%)
Median household income	$35,114 → $30,568 (-12.9%)	$94,769 → $143,208 (+51.1%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $87,600 (+17.0%)	$413,400 → $410,200 (-0.8%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $1,331 (+47.1%)	—

Beaver

Population

1,314619

Median household income

$35,114$30,568

Median home value

$74,900$87,600

Median gross rent

$905$1,331

Ghent

Population

536363

Median household income

$94,769$143,208

Median home value

$413,400$410,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver	Ghent
Under 5	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.9%	19.0%
35 to 44	22.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	47.1%
55 to 64	19.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.7%	0.0%
75 and over	8.9%	23.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver	Ghent
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver	Ghent
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	18.8%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver	Ghent
Drove alone	63.0%	58.8%
Carpooled	15.1%	41.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver	Ghent
1-unit, detached	69.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaver	Ghent
Poverty rate	16.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.90	1.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	62
Median year structure built	1975	1970