Helvetia vs Whitmer

A side-by-side comparison of Helvetia and Whitmer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whitmer has the higher population (45 vs 16 in Helvetia). Since 2019, Whitmer's population has grown faster (+2.3% vs -81.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Helvetia	Whitmer
Population	16	45
Housing units	16	31
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	100.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helvetia	Whitmer
Population	85 → 16 (-81.2%)	44 → 45 (+2.3%)

Helvetia

Population

8516

Whitmer

Population

4445

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helvetia	Whitmer
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	100.0%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	100.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helvetia	Whitmer
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helvetia	Whitmer
No high school diploma	0.0%	100.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	100.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helvetia	Whitmer
1-unit, detached	100.0%	64.5%
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	0.0%	35.5%

Poverty & households

	Helvetia	Whitmer
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	—	2.25