Lester vs Piney View

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

Lester 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 492 in Lester). Piney View has the higher median household income ($44,886 vs $30,000 in Lester). Piney View has the higher median home value ($135,900 vs $81,500 in Lester).

Population, income & housing

	Lester	Piney View
Population	492	692
Median age	50.4 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$30,000	$44,886
Median home value	$81,500	$135,900
Median gross rent	$834	—
Housing units	201	405
Homeownership rate	75.8%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lester	Piney View
Population	454 → 492 (+8.4%)	1,077 → 692 (-35.7%)
Median household income	$31,172 → $30,000 (-3.8%)	$39,958 → $44,886 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$73,400 → $81,500 (+11.0%)	$112,500 → $135,900 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $834 (-3.1%)	$441 → $452 (+2.5%)

Lester

Population

454492

Median household income

$31,172$30,000

Median home value

$73,400$81,500

Median gross rent

$861$834

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)

	Lester	Piney View
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	4.9%	3.2%
35 to 44	2.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	24.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	13.2%	24.6%
75 and over	8.3%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lester	Piney View
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	7.3%	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	12.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lester	Piney View
No high school diploma	22.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	54.5%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	11.3%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lester	Piney View
Drove alone	85.0%	79.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lester	Piney View
1-unit, detached	63.2%	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	36.8%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Lester	Piney View
Poverty rate	50.8%	4.5%
Average household size	2.76	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	48	20
Median year structure built	1981	1972