Because there are quite a few people attending college in Glenville, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Glenville provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
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 19.08 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 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.
