New Martinsville vs Pine Grove

A side-by-side comparison of New Martinsville and Pine Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Martinsville has the higher population (5,175 vs 323 in Pine Grove). Pine Grove has the higher median household income ($53,500 vs $51,226 in New Martinsville). New Martinsville has the higher median home value ($112,600 vs $98,500 in Pine Grove).

Population, income & housing

	New Martinsville	Pine Grove
Population	5,175	323
Median age	44.2 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,226	$53,500
Median home value	$112,600	$98,500
Median gross rent	$718	—
Housing units	2,418	190
Homeownership rate	75.7%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	18.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Martinsville	Pine Grove
Population	5,162 → 5,175 (+0.3%)	385 → 323 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$43,953 → $51,226 (+16.5%)	$38,214 → $53,500 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$96,000 → $112,600 (+17.3%)	$89,600 → $98,500 (+9.9%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $718 (-1.8%)	$265 → $255 (-3.8%)

New Martinsville

Population

5,1625,175

Median household income

$43,953$51,226

Median home value

$96,000$112,600

Median gross rent

$731$718

Pine Grove

Population

385323

Median household income

$38,214$53,500

Median home value

$89,600$98,500

Median gross rent

$265$255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Martinsville	Pine Grove
Under 5	5.3%	17.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	5.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	21.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	6.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	8.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	12.4%
75 and over	10.0%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Martinsville	Pine Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	96.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Martinsville	Pine Grove
No high school diploma	6.5%	13.6%
High school graduate	46.5%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Martinsville	Pine Grove
Drove alone	83.1%	83.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	10.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Martinsville	Pine Grove
1-unit, detached	68.6%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	New Martinsville	Pine Grove
Poverty rate	18.8%	35.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	44
Median year structure built	1963	1951