Christiansburg vs Urbana

A side-by-side comparison of Christiansburg and Urbana: population, income, housing, and more.

Christiansburg and Urbana are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Urbana has the higher population (11,153 vs 701 in Christiansburg). Christiansburg has the higher median household income ($73,125 vs $66,768 in Urbana). Urbana has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $95,400 in Christiansburg).

Population, income & housing

	Christiansburg	Urbana
Population	701	11,153
Median age	36.1 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,125	$66,768
Median home value	$95,400	$147,300
Median gross rent	$1,049	$911
Housing units	303	5,273
Homeownership rate	89.4%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christiansburg	Urbana
Population	425 → 701 (+64.9%)	11,496 → 11,153 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$61,389 → $73,125 (+19.1%)	$45,515 → $66,768 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $95,400 (+11.1%)	$109,400 → $147,300 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $1,049 (+56.1%)	$666 → $911 (+36.8%)

Christiansburg

Population

425701

Median household income

$61,389$73,125

Median home value

$85,900$95,400

Median gross rent

$672$1,049

Urbana

Population

11,49611,153

Median household income

$45,515$66,768

Median home value

$109,400$147,300

Median gross rent

$666$911

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Christiansburg	Urbana
Under 5	2.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	17.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	9.9%
75 and over	7.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christiansburg	Urbana
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	88.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christiansburg	Urbana
No high school diploma	7.6%	10.0%
High school graduate	53.8%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christiansburg	Urbana
Drove alone	92.5%	77.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.2%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christiansburg	Urbana
1-unit, detached	92.4%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Christiansburg	Urbana
Poverty rate	10.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1938	1958