Ghent vs Raleigh

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

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

Ghent has the higher population (363 vs 168 in Raleigh). Ghent has the higher median household income ($143,208 vs $38,950 in Raleigh). Since 2019, Raleigh's population has grown faster (-15.2% vs -32.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Ghent	Raleigh
Population	363	168
Median age	48.5 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$143,208	$38,950
Median home value	$410,200	—
Housing units	327	164
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ghent	Raleigh
Population	536 → 363 (-32.3%)	198 → 168 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$94,769 → $143,208 (+51.1%)	$37,125 → $38,950 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$413,400 → $410,200 (-0.8%)	—

Ghent

Population

536363

Median household income

$94,769$143,208

Median home value

$413,400$410,200

Raleigh

Population

198168

Median household income

$37,125$38,950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ghent	Raleigh
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	30.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	19.0%
45 to 54	47.1%	16.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	1.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	3.0%
75 and over	23.1%	29.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ghent	Raleigh
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	31.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	68.5%
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	Raleigh
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	72.6%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ghent	Raleigh
Drove alone	58.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	41.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ghent	Raleigh
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ghent	Raleigh
Poverty rate	0.0%	53.0%
Average household size	1.53	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	62	—
Median year structure built	1970	1938