Kanawha vs Waverly

A side-by-side comparison of Kanawha and Waverly: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waverly has the higher population (395 vs 130 in Kanawha). Waverly has the higher median household income ($79,539 vs $65,469 in Kanawha). Waverly has the higher median home value ($265,000 vs $195,800 in Kanawha).

Population, income & housing

	Kanawha	Waverly
Population	130	395
Median age	60.4 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,469	$79,539
Median home value	$195,800	$265,000
Housing units	83	157
Homeownership rate	100.0%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kanawha	Waverly
Population	594 → 130 (-78.1%)	623 → 395 (-36.6%)
Median household income	—	$73,676 → $79,539 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$210,700 → $195,800 (-7.1%)	$144,000 → $265,000 (+84.0%)

Kanawha

Population

594130

Median home value

$210,700$195,800

Waverly

Population

623395

Median household income

$73,676$79,539

Median home value

$144,000$265,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kanawha	Waverly
Under 5	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 17	5.4%	5.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	3.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	8.5%	6.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.4%
55 to 64	30.8%	23.5%
65 to 74	19.2%	20.5%
75 and over	19.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kanawha	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kanawha	Waverly
No high school diploma	4.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.0%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kanawha	Waverly
Drove alone	68.2%	66.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	31.8%	11.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kanawha	Waverly
1-unit, detached	100.0%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	32.5%

Poverty & households

	Kanawha	Waverly
Poverty rate	3.1%	15.9%
Average household size	1.81	2.52
Median year structure built	1984	2001