Chase City vs South Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Chase City and South Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Chase City and South Hill are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Hill has the higher population (4,737 vs 2,530 in Chase City). South Hill has the higher median household income ($58,633 vs $51,840 in Chase City). South Hill has the higher median home value ($182,100 vs $115,400 in Chase City).

Population, income & housing

	Chase City	South Hill
Population	2,530	4,737
Median age	41.0 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,840	$58,633
Median home value	$115,400	$182,100
Median gross rent	$594	$1,121
Housing units	1,445	2,464
Homeownership rate	69.8%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chase City	South Hill
Population	2,568 → 2,530 (-1.5%)	4,377 → 4,737 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$30,848 → $51,840 (+68.0%)	$32,765 → $58,633 (+79.0%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $115,400 (+33.7%)	$153,900 → $182,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $594 (-6.0%)	$731 → $1,121 (+53.4%)

Chase City

Population

2,5682,530

Median household income

$30,848$51,840

Median home value

$86,300$115,400

Median gross rent

$632$594

South Hill

Population

4,3774,737

Median household income

$32,765$58,633

Median home value

$153,900$182,100

Median gross rent

$731$1,121

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chase City	South Hill
Under 5	5.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.8%
75 and over	9.6%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chase City	South Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	54.1%	43.8%
Black or African American	43.1%	41.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chase City	South Hill
No high school diploma	19.2%	13.2%
High school graduate	38.5%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chase City	South Hill
Drove alone	83.5%	89.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	5.5%
Other means	2.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chase City	South Hill
1-unit, detached	87.5%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.2%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Chase City	South Hill
Poverty rate	10.4%	19.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1959	1977