Fancy Gap vs Hillsville

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

Fancy Gap 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 243 in Fancy Gap). Since 2019, Fancy Gap's population has grown faster (+350.0% vs +7.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Fancy Gap	Hillsville
Population	243	2,869
Median age	47.0 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$62,861
Median home value	—	$132,600
Median gross rent	—	$691
Housing units	224	1,235
Homeownership rate	24.7%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fancy Gap	Hillsville
Population	54 → 243 (+350.0%)	2,658 → 2,869 (+7.9%)
Median household income	—	$39,528 → $62,861 (+59.0%)
Median home value	—	$112,400 → $132,600 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$551 → $691 (+25.4%)

Fancy Gap

Population

54243

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)

	Fancy Gap	Hillsville
Under 5	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	5.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	17.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	3.5%
45 to 54	34.6%	19.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	8.1%
65 to 74	19.8%	10.7%
75 and over	30.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fancy Gap	Hillsville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	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+

	Fancy Gap	Hillsville
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	89.5%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fancy Gap	Hillsville
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fancy Gap	Hillsville
1-unit, detached	67.4%	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	32.6%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Fancy Gap	Hillsville
Poverty rate	0.0%	21.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1982	1973