Gilmer County vs Pendleton County

A side-by-side comparison of Gilmer County and Pendleton County: population, income, housing, and more.

Gilmer County and Pendleton County are counties in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gilmer County has the higher population (7,376 vs 6,111 in Pendleton County). Pendleton County has the higher median household income ($61,738 vs $50,991 in Gilmer County). Pendleton County has the higher median home value ($178,600 vs $83,300 in Gilmer County).

Population, income & housing

	Gilmer County	Pendleton County
Population	7,376	6,111
Median age	40.7 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,991	$61,738
Median home value	$83,300	$178,600
Median gross rent	$764	$754
Housing units	3,118	3,708
Homeownership rate	76.4%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilmer County	Pendleton County
Population	8,041 → 7,376 (-8.3%)	7,001 → 6,111 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$42,636 → $50,991 (+19.6%)	$42,312 → $61,738 (+45.9%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $83,300 (-10.7%)	$122,800 → $178,600 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $764 (+30.8%)	$513 → $754 (+47.0%)

Gilmer County

Population

8,0417,376

Median household income

$42,636$50,991

Median home value

$93,300$83,300

Median gross rent

$584$764

Pendleton County

Population

7,0016,111

Median household income

$42,312$61,738

Median home value

$122,800$178,600

Median gross rent

$513$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilmer County	Pendleton County
Under 5	3.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	7.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	15.8%
75 and over	7.6%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilmer County	Pendleton County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	94.8%
Black or African American	14.3%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilmer County	Pendleton County
No high school diploma	18.5%	12.8%
High school graduate	47.3%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilmer County	Pendleton County
Drove alone	73.8%	84.6%
Carpooled	15.5%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.8%	7.7%
Other means	2.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilmer County	Pendleton County
1-unit, detached	69.3%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.1%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Gilmer County	Pendleton County
Poverty rate	12.9%	16.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1974	1978