Cana vs Hillsville

A side-by-side comparison of Cana and Hillsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hillsville has the higher population (2,869 vs 1,164 in Cana). Hillsville has the higher median household income ($62,861 vs $61,985 in Cana). Hillsville has the higher median home value ($132,600 vs $114,400 in Cana).

Population, income & housing

	Cana	Hillsville
Population	1,164	2,869
Median age	42.0 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,985	$62,861
Median home value	$114,400	$132,600
Median gross rent	$1,074	$691
Housing units	671	1,235
Homeownership rate	70.1%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cana	Hillsville
Population	1,820 → 1,164 (-36.0%)	2,658 → 2,869 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$47,583 → $61,985 (+30.3%)	$39,528 → $62,861 (+59.0%)
Median home value	$101,200 → $114,400 (+13.0%)	$112,400 → $132,600 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$935 → $1,074 (+14.9%)	$551 → $691 (+25.4%)

Cana

Population

1,8201,164

Median household income

$47,583$61,985

Median home value

$101,200$114,400

Median gross rent

$935$1,074

Hillsville

Population

2,6582,869

Median household income

$39,528$62,861

Median home value

$112,400$132,600

Median gross rent

$551$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cana	Hillsville
Under 5	5.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	10.7%	21.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	17.1%
35 to 44	17.4%	3.5%
45 to 54	15.0%	19.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	8.1%
65 to 74	14.8%	10.7%
75 and over	3.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cana	Hillsville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cana	Hillsville
No high school diploma	7.2%	9.8%
High school graduate	26.9%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cana	Hillsville
Drove alone	95.0%	83.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cana	Hillsville
1-unit, detached	77.6%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Cana	Hillsville
Poverty rate	7.9%	21.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1975	1973