Matheny vs Pineville

A side-by-side comparison of Matheny and Pineville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pineville has the higher population (463 vs 403 in Matheny). Since 2019, Matheny's population has grown faster (+46.0% vs -31.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Matheny	Pineville
Population	403	463
Median age	51.7 yrs	65.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$42,037
Median home value	—	$85,000
Housing units	151	300
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matheny	Pineville
Population	276 → 403 (+46.0%)	676 → 463 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$24,085 → $24,757 (+2.8%)	$43,684 → $42,037 (-3.8%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $152,400 (+7.9%)	$82,000 → $85,000 (+3.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$839 → $839 (+0.0%)

Matheny

Population

276403

Median household income

$24,085$24,757

Median home value

$141,300$152,400

Pineville

Population

676463

Median household income

$43,684$42,037

Median home value

$82,000$85,000

Median gross rent

$839$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Matheny	Pineville
Under 5	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	25.1%	9.5%
18 to 24	17.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	8.6%
55 to 64	35.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	24.4%
75 and over	0.0%	29.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matheny	Pineville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.4%
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	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matheny	Pineville
No high school diploma	20.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	45.2%	71.4%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matheny	Pineville
Drove alone	100.0%	79.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	14.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matheny	Pineville
1-unit, detached	53.6%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.4%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Matheny	Pineville
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.9%
Average household size	3.66	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	—	14
Median year structure built	1984	1956