Chase Crossing vs Melfa

A side-by-side comparison of Chase Crossing and Melfa: population, income, housing, and more.

Chase Crossing and Melfa are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chase Crossing has the higher population (450 vs 447 in Melfa). Since 2019, Melfa's population has grown faster (+39.7% vs +36.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Chase Crossing	Melfa
Population	450	447
Median age	17.1 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$28,250
Median home value	—	$159,700
Median gross rent	—	$836
Housing units	101	232
Homeownership rate	12.8%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	27.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chase Crossing	Melfa
Population	331 → 450 (+36.0%)	320 → 447 (+39.7%)
Median household income	$62,237 → $62,212 (-0.0%)	$46,250 → $28,250 (-38.9%)
Median home value	—	$144,400 → $159,700 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$867 → $836 (-3.6%)

Chase Crossing

Population

331450

Median household income

$62,237$62,212

Melfa

Population

320447

Median household income

$46,250$28,250

Median home value

$144,400$159,700

Median gross rent

$867$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chase Crossing	Melfa
Under 5	29.3%	8.3%
5 to 17	24.0%	28.2%
18 to 24	26.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	5.6%
45 to 54	3.3%	23.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	6.5%
65 to 74	2.2%	6.9%
75 and over	0.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chase Crossing	Melfa
White (non-Hispanic)	33.8%	58.4%
Black or African American	5.8%	24.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	8.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	60.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chase Crossing	Melfa
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	100.0%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chase Crossing	Melfa
Drove alone	63.5%	84.5%
Carpooled	36.5%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chase Crossing	Melfa
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Chase Crossing	Melfa
Poverty rate	66.2%	26.8%
Average household size	5.77	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1946	1970