Craigsville vs Lyndhurst

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

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

Lyndhurst has the higher population (1,401 vs 1,052 in Craigsville). Lyndhurst has the higher median household income ($74,405 vs $40,080 in Craigsville). Lyndhurst has the higher median home value ($233,400 vs $142,400 in Craigsville).

Population, income & housing

	Craigsville	Lyndhurst
Population	1,052	1,401
Median age	36.8 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,080	$74,405
Median home value	$142,400	$233,400
Median gross rent	$766	$1,103
Housing units	578	583
Homeownership rate	46.6%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Craigsville	Lyndhurst
Population	687 → 1,052 (+53.1%)	1,820 → 1,401 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$33,380 → $40,080 (+20.1%)	$72,798 → $74,405 (+2.2%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $142,400 (-3.1%)	$185,600 → $233,400 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $766 (+44.0%)	$1,138 → $1,103 (-3.1%)

Craigsville

Population

6871,052

Median household income

$33,380$40,080

Median home value

$147,000$142,400

Median gross rent

$532$766

Lyndhurst

Population

1,8201,401

Median household income

$72,798$74,405

Median home value

$185,600$233,400

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Craigsville	Lyndhurst
Under 5	9.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.4%	12.1%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.0%	9.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	5.0%	8.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	15.9%	22.2%
75 and over	7.7%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Craigsville	Lyndhurst
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Craigsville	Lyndhurst
No high school diploma	24.2%	12.9%
High school graduate	50.2%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Craigsville	Lyndhurst
Drove alone	92.7%	89.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Craigsville	Lyndhurst
1-unit, detached	49.1%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	34.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Craigsville	Lyndhurst
Poverty rate	31.4%	11.5%
Average household size	2.07	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1968	1976