Piney View vs Sprague

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

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

Sprague has the higher population (971 vs 692 in Piney View). Sprague has the higher median household income ($59,643 vs $44,886 in Piney View). Piney View has the higher median home value ($135,900 vs $108,900 in Sprague).

Population, income & housing

	Piney View	Sprague
Population	692	971
Median age	61.1 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,886	$59,643
Median home value	$135,900	$108,900
Housing units	405	416
Homeownership rate	88.2%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piney View	Sprague
Population	1,077 → 692 (-35.7%)	960 → 971 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$39,958 → $44,886 (+12.3%)	$51,620 → $59,643 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $135,900 (+20.8%)	$94,700 → $108,900 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$441 → $452 (+2.5%)	$1,068 → $568 (-46.8%)

Piney View

Population

1,077692

Median household income

$39,958$44,886

Median home value

$112,500$135,900

Median gross rent

$441$452

Sprague

Population

960971

Median household income

$51,620$59,643

Median home value

$94,700$108,900

Median gross rent

$1,068$568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Piney View	Sprague
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	11.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.2%	5.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	8.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	25.2%
55 to 64	15.6%	23.6%
65 to 74	24.6%	24.3%
75 and over	13.7%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piney View	Sprague
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.4%
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%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piney View	Sprague
No high school diploma	11.4%	29.3%
High school graduate	44.7%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piney View	Sprague
Drove alone	79.5%	77.4%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	14.5%
Other means	4.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piney View	Sprague
1-unit, detached	82.5%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Piney View	Sprague
Poverty rate	4.5%	26.8%
Average household size	1.99	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1972	1966