Beverly vs Elkins

A side-by-side comparison of Beverly and Elkins: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elkins has the higher population (6,875 vs 713 in Beverly). Elkins has the higher median household income ($47,746 vs $34,583 in Beverly). Elkins has the higher median home value ($130,500 vs $118,900 in Beverly).

Population, income & housing

	Beverly	Elkins
Population	713	6,875
Median age	46.1 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$34,583	$47,746
Median home value	$118,900	$130,500
Median gross rent	$653	$897
Housing units	365	3,382
Homeownership rate	48.3%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beverly	Elkins
Population	746 → 713 (-4.4%)	7,072 → 6,875 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$22,500 → $34,583 (+53.7%)	$38,506 → $47,746 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $118,900 (-4.9%)	$122,800 → $130,500 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $653 (+26.3%)	$631 → $897 (+42.2%)

Beverly

Population

746713

Median household income

$22,500$34,583

Median home value

$125,000$118,900

Median gross rent

$517$653

Elkins

Population

7,0726,875

Median household income

$38,506$47,746

Median home value

$122,800$130,500

Median gross rent

$631$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beverly	Elkins
Under 5	10.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	14.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	16.2%
35 to 44	7.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	16.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	17.1%	7.5%
75 and over	8.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beverly	Elkins
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beverly	Elkins
No high school diploma	23.5%	10.9%
High school graduate	46.7%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	12.1%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beverly	Elkins
Drove alone	84.3%	67.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.6%	7.8%
Other means	6.1%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beverly	Elkins
1-unit, detached	51.2%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	24.4%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	14.2%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Beverly	Elkins
Poverty rate	34.6%	16.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	12
Median year structure built	1980	1953