Ellenboro vs Pennsboro

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

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

Pennsboro has the higher population (1,227 vs 184 in Ellenboro). Ellenboro has the higher median household income ($72,969 vs $51,348 in Pennsboro). Ellenboro has the higher median home value ($109,400 vs $78,000 in Pennsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Ellenboro	Pennsboro
Population	184	1,227
Median age	53.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,969	$51,348
Median home value	$109,400	$78,000
Median gross rent	—	$822
Housing units	91	525
Homeownership rate	91.5%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellenboro	Pennsboro
Population	217 → 184 (-15.2%)	1,076 → 1,227 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $72,969 (+63.3%)	$41,786 → $51,348 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$59,600 → $109,400 (+83.6%)	$56,500 → $78,000 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$363 → $725 (+99.7%)	$667 → $822 (+23.2%)

Ellenboro

Population

217184

Median household income

$44,688$72,969

Median home value

$59,600$109,400

Median gross rent

$363$725

Pennsboro

Population

1,0761,227

Median household income

$41,786$51,348

Median home value

$56,500$78,000

Median gross rent

$667$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellenboro	Pennsboro
Under 5	3.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	22.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	6.5%	16.0%
35 to 44	4.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	4.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	26.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	16.8%	12.5%
75 and over	5.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellenboro	Pennsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellenboro	Pennsboro
No high school diploma	9.2%	25.4%
High school graduate	70.0%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellenboro	Pennsboro
Drove alone	89.9%	69.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	24.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellenboro	Pennsboro
1-unit, detached	60.4%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	35.2%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Ellenboro	Pennsboro
Poverty rate	2.2%	16.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1978	1949