Greenbrier County vs Marshall County

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

Greenbrier County and Marshall 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 30,129 in Marshall County). Marshall County has the higher median household income ($60,329 vs $48,662 in Greenbrier County). Marshall County has the higher median home value ($139,800 vs $136,300 in Greenbrier County).

Population, income & housing

	Greenbrier County	Marshall County
Population	32,688	30,129
Median age	46.5 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,662	$60,329
Median home value	$136,300	$139,800
Median gross rent	$834	$823
Housing units	17,883	14,736
Homeownership rate	74.0%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenbrier County	Marshall County
Population	35,155 → 32,688 (-7.0%)	31,308 → 30,129 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$40,200 → $48,662 (+21.0%)	$48,557 → $60,329 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$124,000 → $136,300 (+9.9%)	$109,300 → $139,800 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $834 (+22.5%)	$630 → $823 (+30.6%)

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

Marshall County

Population

31,30830,129

Median household income

$48,557$60,329

Median home value

$109,300$139,800

Median gross rent

$630$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenbrier County	Marshall County
Under 5	5.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.2%	14.2%
75 and over	9.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenbrier County	Marshall County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	93.9%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenbrier County	Marshall County
No high school diploma	12.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	41.0%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenbrier County	Marshall County
Drove alone	81.4%	82.5%
Carpooled	11.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	3.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	4.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenbrier County	Marshall County
1-unit, detached	74.0%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Greenbrier County	Marshall County
Poverty rate	20.7%	15.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1977	1960