Glen White vs Lester

A side-by-side comparison of Glen White and Lester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lester has the higher population (492 vs 200 in Glen White). Since 2019, Lester's population has grown faster (+8.4% vs -44.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Glen White	Lester
Population	200	492
Median age	—	50.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$30,000
Median home value	—	$81,500
Median gross rent	—	$834
Housing units	256	201
Homeownership rate	47.5%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen White	Lester
Population	360 → 200 (-44.4%)	454 → 492 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$36,030 → $45,584 (+26.5%)	$31,172 → $30,000 (-3.8%)
Median home value	—	$73,400 → $81,500 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$861 → $834 (-3.1%)

Glen White

Population

360200

Median household income

$36,030$45,584

Lester

Population

454492

Median household income

$31,172$30,000

Median home value

$73,400$81,500

Median gross rent

$861$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen White	Lester
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.9%
35 to 44	52.5%	2.4%
45 to 54	47.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	24.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.2%
75 and over	0.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen White	Lester
White (non-Hispanic)	47.5%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	52.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen White	Lester
No high school diploma	47.5%	22.3%
High school graduate	0.0%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	52.5%	11.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen White	Lester
Drove alone	100.0%	85.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen White	Lester
1-unit, detached	21.9%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	41.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.1%	36.8%

Poverty & households

	Glen White	Lester
Poverty rate	0.0%	50.8%
Average household size	—	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	—	48
Median year structure built	1984	1981