Glenville is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Glenville enrolled in college, Glenville has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Glenville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.08 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Glenville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Glenville are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.19% of adults in Glenville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Glenville in 2022 was $21,832, which is lower middle income relative to West Virginia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,328 for a family of four. However, Glenville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Glenville is a somewhat 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 Irish, German, English, Lithuanian, and Russian.
The most common language spoken in Glenville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
