Pine Grove vs Smithfield

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

Pine Grove and Smithfield 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 111 in Smithfield). Since 2019, Pine Grove's population has grown faster (-16.1% vs -38.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Grove	Smithfield
Population	323	111
Median age	32.9 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,500	—
Median home value	$98,500	—
Housing units	190	83
Homeownership rate	47.0%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Grove	Smithfield
Population	385 → 323 (-16.1%)	179 → 111 (-38.0%)
Median household income	$38,214 → $53,500 (+40.0%)	$17,917 → $22,813 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $98,500 (+9.9%)	$79,300 → $101,900 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$265 → $255 (-3.8%)	$243 → $282 (+16.0%)

Pine Grove

Population

385323

Median household income

$38,214$53,500

Median home value

$89,600$98,500

Median gross rent

$265$255

Smithfield

Population

179111

Median household income

$17,917$22,813

Median home value

$79,300$101,900

Median gross rent

$243$282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pine Grove	Smithfield
Under 5	17.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	5.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.7%	19.8%
35 to 44	6.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	5.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	19.8%
75 and over	2.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Grove	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	98.2%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Grove	Smithfield
No high school diploma	13.6%	21.5%
High school graduate	38.8%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Grove	Smithfield
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	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	60.5%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Pine Grove	Smithfield
Poverty rate	35.4%	45.9%
Average household size	2.41	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	44	55
Median year structure built	1951	1938