Buckingham Courthouse vs Dillwyn

A side-by-side comparison of Buckingham Courthouse and Dillwyn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dillwyn has the higher population (549 vs 253 in Buckingham Courthouse). Buckingham Courthouse has the higher median household income ($106,684 vs $56,143 in Dillwyn). Buckingham Courthouse has the higher median home value ($329,300 vs $165,000 in Dillwyn).

Population, income & housing

	Buckingham Courthouse	Dillwyn
Population	253	549
Median age	38.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$106,684	$56,143
Median home value	$329,300	$165,000
Median gross rent	—	$745
Housing units	114	245
Homeownership rate	57.0%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckingham Courthouse	Dillwyn
Population	59 → 253 (+328.8%)	556 → 549 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$91,533 → $106,684 (+16.6%)	$43,750 → $56,143 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$254,400 → $329,300 (+29.4%)	$146,200 → $165,000 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$713 → $745 (+4.5%)

Buckingham Courthouse

Population

59253

Median household income

$91,533$106,684

Median home value

$254,400$329,300

Dillwyn

Population

556549

Median household income

$43,750$56,143

Median home value

$146,200$165,000

Median gross rent

$713$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckingham Courthouse	Dillwyn
Under 5	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	8.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	20.4%
35 to 44	44.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	16.6%
65 to 74	40.3%	9.3%
75 and over	0.0%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckingham Courthouse	Dillwyn
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	39.3%
Black or African American	9.5%	59.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckingham Courthouse	Dillwyn
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.5%
High school graduate	71.2%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	7.4%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckingham Courthouse	Dillwyn
Drove alone	81.9%	84.2%
Carpooled	3.4%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckingham Courthouse	Dillwyn
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Buckingham Courthouse	Dillwyn
Poverty rate	9.5%	7.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1978	1973