Gilmer County vs Pleasants County

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

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

Pleasants County has the higher population (7,572 vs 7,376 in Gilmer County). Pleasants County has the higher median household income ($61,038 vs $50,991 in Gilmer County). Pleasants County has the higher median home value ($129,300 vs $83,300 in Gilmer County).

Population, income & housing

	Gilmer County	Pleasants County
Population	7,376	7,572
Median age	40.7 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,991	$61,038
Median home value	$83,300	$129,300
Median gross rent	$764	$700
Housing units	3,118	3,218
Homeownership rate	76.4%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilmer County	Pleasants County
Population	8,041 → 7,376 (-8.3%)	7,482 → 7,572 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$42,636 → $50,991 (+19.6%)	$56,838 → $61,038 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $83,300 (-10.7%)	$106,600 → $129,300 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $764 (+30.8%)	$572 → $700 (+22.4%)

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

Pleasants County

Population

7,4827,572

Median household income

$56,838$61,038

Median home value

$106,600$129,300

Median gross rent

$572$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilmer County	Pleasants County
Under 5	3.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	11.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.0%
75 and over	7.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilmer County	Pleasants County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	94.7%
Black or African American	14.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilmer County	Pleasants County
No high school diploma	18.5%	11.9%
High school graduate	47.3%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilmer County	Pleasants County
Drove alone	73.8%	81.7%
Carpooled	15.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	10.4%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilmer County	Pleasants County
1-unit, detached	69.3%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	27.1%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Gilmer County	Pleasants County
Poverty rate	12.9%	8.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1974	1975