Greenbrier County vs Hancock County

A side-by-side comparison of Greenbrier County and Hancock County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenbrier County has the higher population (32,688 vs 28,658 in Hancock County). Hancock County has the higher median household income ($61,017 vs $48,662 in Greenbrier County). Greenbrier County has the higher median home value ($136,300 vs $119,600 in Hancock County).

Population, income & housing

	Greenbrier County	Hancock County
Population	32,688	28,658
Median age	46.5 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,662	$61,017
Median home value	$136,300	$119,600
Median gross rent	$834	$766
Housing units	17,883	14,218
Homeownership rate	74.0%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenbrier County	Hancock County
Population	35,155 → 32,688 (-7.0%)	29,383 → 28,658 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$40,200 → $48,662 (+21.0%)	$45,763 → $61,017 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$124,000 → $136,300 (+9.9%)	$93,000 → $119,600 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $834 (+22.5%)	$658 → $766 (+16.4%)

Greenbrier County

Population

35,15532,688

Median household income

$40,200$48,662

Median home value

$124,000$136,300

Median gross rent

$681$834

Hancock County

Population

29,38328,658

Median household income

$45,763$61,017

Median home value

$93,000$119,600

Median gross rent

$658$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenbrier County	Hancock County
Under 5	5.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	14.2%	14.4%
75 and over	9.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenbrier County	Hancock County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	92.4%
Black or African American	2.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenbrier County	Hancock County
No high school diploma	12.7%	10.1%
High school graduate	41.0%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenbrier County	Hancock County
Drove alone	81.4%	77.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	3.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.8%	8.6%
Other means	0.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenbrier County	Hancock County
1-unit, detached	74.0%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	4.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Greenbrier County	Hancock County
Poverty rate	20.7%	15.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1977	1959