Craigsville vs Dooms

A side-by-side comparison of Craigsville and Dooms: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dooms has the higher population (1,360 vs 1,052 in Craigsville). Dooms has the higher median household income ($59,196 vs $40,080 in Craigsville). Dooms has the higher median home value ($242,900 vs $142,400 in Craigsville).

Population, income & housing

	Craigsville	Dooms
Population	1,052	1,360
Median age	36.8 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,080	$59,196
Median home value	$142,400	$242,900
Median gross rent	$766	—
Housing units	578	561
Homeownership rate	46.6%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Craigsville	Dooms
Population	687 → 1,052 (+53.1%)	1,105 → 1,360 (+23.1%)
Median household income	$33,380 → $40,080 (+20.1%)	$45,117 → $59,196 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $142,400 (-3.1%)	$171,800 → $242,900 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $766 (+44.0%)	$774 → $921 (+19.0%)

Craigsville

Population

6871,052

Median household income

$33,380$40,080

Median home value

$147,000$142,400

Median gross rent

$532$766

Dooms

Population

1,1051,360

Median household income

$45,117$59,196

Median home value

$171,800$242,900

Median gross rent

$774$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Craigsville	Dooms
Under 5	9.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	18.4%	29.9%
18 to 24	11.2%	3.5%
25 to 34	7.0%	3.9%
35 to 44	15.7%	22.6%
45 to 54	5.0%	4.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	15.9%	11.0%
75 and over	7.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Craigsville	Dooms
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
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%	3.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Craigsville	Dooms
No high school diploma	24.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	50.2%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Craigsville	Dooms
Drove alone	92.7%	70.8%
Carpooled	5.2%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	23.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Craigsville	Dooms
1-unit, detached	49.1%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	34.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Craigsville	Dooms
Poverty rate	31.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1968	1984