Greenbrier County vs Wayne County

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

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

Wayne County has the higher population (38,498 vs 32,688 in Greenbrier County). Wayne County has the higher median household income ($55,539 vs $48,662 in Greenbrier County). Greenbrier County has the higher median home value ($136,300 vs $124,900 in Wayne County).

Population, income & housing

	Greenbrier County	Wayne County
Population	32,688	38,498
Median age	46.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,662	$55,539
Median home value	$136,300	$124,900
Median gross rent	$834	$883
Housing units	17,883	18,238
Homeownership rate	74.0%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenbrier County	Wayne County
Population	35,155 → 32,688 (-7.0%)	40,303 → 38,498 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$40,200 → $48,662 (+21.0%)	$37,988 → $55,539 (+46.2%)
Median home value	$124,000 → $136,300 (+9.9%)	$99,100 → $124,900 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $834 (+22.5%)	$662 → $883 (+33.4%)

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

Wayne County

Population

40,30338,498

Median household income

$37,988$55,539

Median home value

$99,100$124,900

Median gross rent

$662$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenbrier County	Wayne County
Under 5	5.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.2%	12.7%
75 and over	9.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenbrier County	Wayne County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	95.9%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenbrier County	Wayne County
No high school diploma	12.7%	14.7%
High school graduate	41.0%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenbrier County	Wayne County
Drove alone	81.4%	80.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	8.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	3.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.9%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenbrier County	Wayne County
1-unit, detached	74.0%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Greenbrier County	Wayne County
Poverty rate	20.7%	15.7%
Average household size	2.18	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1977	1975