Craigsville vs Mount Sidney

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

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

Craigsville has the higher population (1,052 vs 657 in Mount Sidney). Mount Sidney has the higher median household income ($87,076 vs $40,080 in Craigsville). Mount Sidney has the higher median home value ($347,200 vs $142,400 in Craigsville).

Population, income & housing

	Craigsville	Mount Sidney
Population	1,052	657
Median age	36.8 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,080	$87,076
Median home value	$142,400	$347,200
Median gross rent	$766	$727
Housing units	578	343
Homeownership rate	46.6%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Craigsville	Mount Sidney
Population	687 → 1,052 (+53.1%)	442 → 657 (+48.6%)
Median household income	$33,380 → $40,080 (+20.1%)	$96,500 → $87,076 (-9.8%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $142,400 (-3.1%)	$216,000 → $347,200 (+60.7%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $766 (+44.0%)	$528 → $727 (+37.7%)

Craigsville

Population

6871,052

Median household income

$33,380$40,080

Median home value

$147,000$142,400

Median gross rent

$532$766

Mount Sidney

Population

442657

Median household income

$96,500$87,076

Median home value

$216,000$347,200

Median gross rent

$528$727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Craigsville	Mount Sidney
Under 5	9.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	10.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	14.3%
25 to 34	7.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	5.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.0%	27.4%
65 to 74	15.9%	9.1%
75 and over	7.7%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Craigsville	Mount Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	66.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Craigsville	Mount Sidney
No high school diploma	24.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	50.2%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Craigsville	Mount Sidney
Drove alone	92.7%	96.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Craigsville	Mount Sidney
1-unit, detached	49.1%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Craigsville	Mount Sidney
Poverty rate	31.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1968	1988