Elkins vs Valley Bend

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

Elkins and Valley Bend 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 Valley Bend). Valley Bend has the higher median household income ($93,352 vs $47,746 in Elkins). Valley Bend has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $130,500 in Elkins).

Population, income & housing

	Elkins	Valley Bend
Population	6,875	713
Median age	36.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,746	$93,352
Median home value	$130,500	$253,500
Median gross rent	$897	—
Housing units	3,382	257
Homeownership rate	62.7%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkins	Valley Bend
Population	7,072 → 6,875 (-2.8%)	497 → 713 (+43.5%)
Median household income	$38,506 → $47,746 (+24.0%)	$57,115 → $93,352 (+63.4%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $130,500 (+6.3%)	$71,500 → $253,500 (+254.5%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $897 (+42.2%)	—

Elkins

Population

7,0726,875

Median household income

$38,506$47,746

Median home value

$122,800$130,500

Median gross rent

$631$897

Valley Bend

Population

497713

Median household income

$57,115$93,352

Median home value

$71,500$253,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkins	Valley Bend
Under 5	6.0%	10.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	14.5%	3.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	17.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	1.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	28.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	2.9%
75 and over	7.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkins	Valley Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	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	5.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkins	Valley Bend
No high school diploma	10.9%	12.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkins	Valley Bend
Drove alone	67.3%	77.2%
Carpooled	12.2%	22.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	0.0%
Other means	6.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkins	Valley Bend
1-unit, detached	64.6%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Elkins	Valley Bend
Poverty rate	16.8%	2.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	12	51
Median year structure built	1953	1945