Craigsville vs Jolivue

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

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

Jolivue has the higher population (1,135 vs 1,052 in Craigsville). Craigsville has the higher median household income ($40,080 vs $38,738 in Jolivue). Jolivue has the higher median home value ($243,900 vs $142,400 in Craigsville).

Population, income & housing

	Craigsville	Jolivue
Population	1,052	1,135
Median age	36.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,080	$38,738
Median home value	$142,400	$243,900
Median gross rent	$766	$1,138
Housing units	578	523
Homeownership rate	46.6%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Craigsville	Jolivue
Population	687 → 1,052 (+53.1%)	926 → 1,135 (+22.6%)
Median household income	$33,380 → $40,080 (+20.1%)	$39,231 → $38,738 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $142,400 (-3.1%)	$171,800 → $243,900 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $766 (+44.0%)	$1,031 → $1,138 (+10.4%)

Craigsville

Population

6871,052

Median household income

$33,380$40,080

Median home value

$147,000$142,400

Median gross rent

$532$766

Jolivue

Population

9261,135

Median household income

$39,231$38,738

Median home value

$171,800$243,900

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,138

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Craigsville	Jolivue
Under 5	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	22.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	15.7%	5.6%
45 to 54	5.0%	21.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	15.9%	4.5%
75 and over	7.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Craigsville	Jolivue
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	96.0%
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%	4.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Craigsville	Jolivue
No high school diploma	24.2%	9.6%
High school graduate	50.2%	49.9%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Craigsville	Jolivue
Drove alone	92.7%	80.1%
Carpooled	5.2%	19.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Craigsville	Jolivue
1-unit, detached	49.1%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	34.1%	14.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Craigsville	Jolivue
Poverty rate	31.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1968	1975