Glenville is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Glenville area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Glenville maintain a good economy.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.69 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small town, Glenville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Glenville is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.66% of adults in Glenville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Glenville in 2022 was $18,464, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,856 for a family of four. However, Glenville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Glenville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Glenville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Glenville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Glenville include German, Irish, Russian, English, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Glenville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
