With 4,618 people, Grafton is a city in West Virginia. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 11% of adults. The typical home is worth $74,600, having risen by half since 2000. The foreign-born share is 0%. 24.9% of locals live below the federal poverty line. Median rent is $512 a month.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $40,402, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
11% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 9%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Grafton
What changed most since 1990
White share98.5% → 94.6%(−3.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree6.8% → 11.2%(+4.4 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Population5,524 → 4,618(−16%)US over the same years: +35%
Grafton's population equals 28% of Taylor County's. Its number of households without a car equals 69% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 15% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)33.1%(113)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)1.5%(5)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era51.3%(175)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 341 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Grafton, decade by decade
Grafton population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
5,524
$35,091
$71,042
6.8%
3.7
2000
5,489
$40,042
$82,339
9.7%
6.0
2010
5,164
$38,113
$82,574
11.7%
8.6
2020
4,722
$41,882
$93,933
18.2%
17.5
2024
4,618
$40,402
$74,600
11.2%
12.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
