Ghent vs Piney View

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

Ghent 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 363 in Ghent). Ghent has the higher median household income ($143,208 vs $44,886 in Piney View). Ghent has the higher median home value ($410,200 vs $135,900 in Piney View).

Population, income & housing

	Ghent	Piney View
Population	363	692
Median age	48.5 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$143,208	$44,886
Median home value	$410,200	$135,900
Housing units	327	405
Homeownership rate	100.0%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ghent	Piney View
Population	536 → 363 (-32.3%)	1,077 → 692 (-35.7%)
Median household income	$94,769 → $143,208 (+51.1%)	$39,958 → $44,886 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$413,400 → $410,200 (-0.8%)	$112,500 → $135,900 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$441 → $452 (+2.5%)

Ghent

Population

536363

Median household income

$94,769$143,208

Median home value

$413,400$410,200

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)

	Ghent	Piney View
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	19.0%	3.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	47.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	24.6%
75 and over	23.1%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ghent	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+

	Ghent	Piney View
No high school diploma	5.5%	11.4%
High school graduate	36.1%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ghent	Piney View
Drove alone	58.8%	79.5%
Carpooled	41.2%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ghent	Piney View
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Ghent	Piney View
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.5%
Average household size	1.53	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	62	20
Median year structure built	1970	1972