Alberta vs Gasburg

A side-by-side comparison of Alberta and Gasburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gasburg has the higher population (501 vs 249 in Alberta). Gasburg has the higher median home value ($232,400 vs $96,800 in Alberta). Since 2019, Gasburg's population has grown faster (-5.3% vs -27.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Alberta	Gasburg
Population	249	501
Median age	56.5 yrs	66.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,944	—
Median home value	$96,800	$232,400
Median gross rent	$600	—
Housing units	160	482
Homeownership rate	58.7%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alberta	Gasburg
Population	344 → 249 (-27.6%)	529 → 501 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $46,944 (+1.5%)	$60,274 → $62,857 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$96,700 → $96,800 (+0.1%)	$216,500 → $232,400 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $600 (+0.0%)	$584 → $582 (-0.3%)

Alberta

Population

344249

Median household income

$46,250$46,944

Median home value

$96,700$96,800

Median gross rent

$600$600

Gasburg

Population

529501

Median household income

$60,274$62,857

Median home value

$216,500$232,400

Median gross rent

$584$582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alberta	Gasburg
Under 5	4.8%	1.0%
5 to 17	4.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	2.2%
35 to 44	6.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	3.4%
55 to 64	18.9%	40.7%
65 to 74	22.1%	34.1%
75 and over	11.2%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alberta	Gasburg
White (non-Hispanic)	43.4%	93.0%
Black or African American	49.0%	1.4%
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	5.6%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alberta	Gasburg
No high school diploma	27.9%	18.1%
High school graduate	27.5%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alberta	Gasburg
Drove alone	71.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	16.1%	0.0%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	19.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alberta	Gasburg
1-unit, detached	85.6%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	30.5%

Poverty & households

	Alberta	Gasburg
Poverty rate	16.1%	27.7%
Average household size	1.80	1.46
Mean commute (minutes)	30	55
Median year structure built	1967	1993