Callaghan vs Iron Gate

A side-by-side comparison of Callaghan and Iron Gate: population, income, housing, and more.

Callaghan and Iron Gate are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Iron Gate has the higher population (408 vs 277 in Callaghan). Callaghan has the higher median household income ($100,781 vs $60,000 in Iron Gate). Callaghan has the higher median home value ($171,400 vs $84,200 in Iron Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Callaghan	Iron Gate
Population	277	408
Median age	56.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,781	$60,000
Median home value	$171,400	$84,200
Median gross rent	$912	—
Housing units	177	238
Homeownership rate	75.8%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	18.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Callaghan	Iron Gate
Population	283 → 277 (-2.1%)	261 → 408 (+56.3%)
Median household income	$68,333 → $100,781 (+47.5%)	$37,500 → $60,000 (+60.0%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $171,400 (+30.5%)	$70,400 → $84,200 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $912 (+9.9%)	$838 → $883 (+5.4%)

Callaghan

Population

283277

Median household income

$68,333$100,781

Median home value

$131,300$171,400

Median gross rent

$830$912

Iron Gate

Population

261408

Median household income

$37,500$60,000

Median home value

$70,400$84,200

Median gross rent

$838$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Callaghan	Iron Gate
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	6.1%	22.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	2.5%
25 to 34	6.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	20.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	42.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	13.2%
75 and over	1.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Callaghan	Iron Gate
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	90.2%
Black or African American	10.8%	6.4%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Callaghan	Iron Gate
No high school diploma	1.7%	16.8%
High school graduate	47.5%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Callaghan	Iron Gate
Drove alone	73.1%	90.6%
Carpooled	14.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Callaghan	Iron Gate
1-unit, detached	53.7%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	27.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Callaghan	Iron Gate
Poverty rate	13.7%	12.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	16	32
Median year structure built	1960	1957