Beaver vs Piney View

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

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

Piney View has the higher population (692 vs 619 in Beaver). Piney View has the higher median household income ($44,886 vs $30,568 in Beaver). Piney View has the higher median home value ($135,900 vs $87,600 in Beaver).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver	Piney View
Population	619	692
Median age	50.1 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$30,568	$44,886
Median home value	$87,600	$135,900
Housing units	468	405
Homeownership rate	86.8%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver	Piney View
Population	1,314 → 619 (-52.9%)	1,077 → 692 (-35.7%)
Median household income	$35,114 → $30,568 (-12.9%)	$39,958 → $44,886 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $87,600 (+17.0%)	$112,500 → $135,900 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $1,331 (+47.1%)	$441 → $452 (+2.5%)

Beaver

Population

1,314619

Median household income

$35,114$30,568

Median home value

$74,900$87,600

Median gross rent

$905$1,331

Piney View

Population

1,077692

Median household income

$39,958$44,886

Median home value

$112,500$135,900

Median gross rent

$441$452

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver	Piney View
Under 5	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	3.9%	3.2%
35 to 44	22.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	19.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	24.6%
75 and over	8.9%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver	Piney View
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	Piney View
No high school diploma	10.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	18.8%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver	Piney View
Drove alone	63.0%	79.5%
Carpooled	15.1%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver	Piney View
1-unit, detached	69.4%	82.5%
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%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Beaver	Piney View
Poverty rate	16.3%	4.5%
Average household size	1.90	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1975	1972