Ellenboro vs Harrisville

A side-by-side comparison of Ellenboro and Harrisville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harrisville has the higher population (1,408 vs 184 in Ellenboro). Ellenboro has the higher median household income ($72,969 vs $45,988 in Harrisville). Harrisville has the higher median home value ($115,000 vs $109,400 in Ellenboro).

Population, income & housing

	Ellenboro	Harrisville
Population	184	1,408
Median age	53.3 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,969	$45,988
Median home value	$109,400	$115,000
Median gross rent	—	$661
Housing units	91	728
Homeownership rate	91.5%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellenboro	Harrisville
Population	217 → 184 (-15.2%)	2,111 → 1,408 (-33.3%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $72,969 (+63.3%)	$34,745 → $45,988 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$59,600 → $109,400 (+83.6%)	$88,400 → $115,000 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$363 → $725 (+99.7%)	$657 → $661 (+0.6%)

Ellenboro

Population

217184

Median household income

$44,688$72,969

Median home value

$59,600$109,400

Median gross rent

$363$725

Harrisville

Population

2,1111,408

Median household income

$34,745$45,988

Median home value

$88,400$115,000

Median gross rent

$657$661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellenboro	Harrisville
Under 5	3.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	22.8%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	6.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	4.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	4.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	26.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	16.8%	12.1%
75 and over	5.4%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellenboro	Harrisville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellenboro	Harrisville
No high school diploma	9.2%	8.2%
High school graduate	70.0%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellenboro	Harrisville
Drove alone	89.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellenboro	Harrisville
1-unit, detached	60.4%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	35.2%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Ellenboro	Harrisville
Poverty rate	2.2%	27.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1978	1969