Pine Grove vs Reader

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

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

Pine Grove has the higher population (323 vs 229 in Reader). Reader has the higher median household income ($61,815 vs $53,500 in Pine Grove). Pine Grove has the higher median home value ($98,500 vs $89,600 in Reader).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Grove	Reader
Population	323	229
Median age	32.9 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,500	$61,815
Median home value	$98,500	$89,600
Housing units	190	151
Homeownership rate	47.0%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Grove	Reader
Population	385 → 323 (-16.1%)	336 → 229 (-31.8%)
Median household income	$38,214 → $53,500 (+40.0%)	$30,938 → $61,815 (+99.8%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $98,500 (+9.9%)	$113,900 → $89,600 (-21.3%)
Median gross rent	$265 → $255 (-3.8%)	—

Pine Grove

Population

385323

Median household income

$38,214$53,500

Median home value

$89,600$98,500

Median gross rent

$265$255

Reader

Population

336229

Median household income

$30,938$61,815

Median home value

$113,900$89,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pine Grove	Reader
Under 5	17.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.9%	10.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	22.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	26.6%
75 and over	2.8%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Grove	Reader
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	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	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Grove	Reader
No high school diploma	13.6%	20.9%
High school graduate	38.8%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Grove	Reader
Drove alone	83.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Grove	Reader
1-unit, detached	60.5%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Pine Grove	Reader
Poverty rate	35.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.41	1.52
Mean commute (minutes)	44	—
Median year structure built	1951	1966