Christiansburg vs Elliston

A side-by-side comparison of Christiansburg and Elliston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Christiansburg has the higher population (22,820 vs 1,041 in Elliston). Christiansburg has the higher median home value ($242,900 vs $162,500 in Elliston). Since 2019, Christiansburg's population has grown faster (+3.0% vs -1.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Christiansburg	Elliston
Population	22,820	1,041
Median age	37.6 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,451	—
Median home value	$242,900	$162,500
Median gross rent	$1,171	$913
Housing units	10,588	503
Homeownership rate	60.6%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christiansburg	Elliston
Population	22,163 → 22,820 (+3.0%)	1,060 → 1,041 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$60,856 → $75,451 (+24.0%)	$58,374 → $33,870 (-42.0%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $242,900 (+27.8%)	$130,100 → $162,500 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,171 (+28.7%)	$699 → $913 (+30.6%)

Christiansburg

Population

22,16322,820

Median household income

$60,856$75,451

Median home value

$190,000$242,900

Median gross rent

$910$1,171

Elliston

Population

1,0601,041

Median household income

$58,374$33,870

Median home value

$130,100$162,500

Median gross rent

$699$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Christiansburg	Elliston
Under 5	5.2%	9.8%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	16.4%	4.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	17.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	17.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.5%
75 and over	7.5%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christiansburg	Elliston
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	55.4%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	44.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christiansburg	Elliston
No high school diploma	5.6%	1.5%
High school graduate	23.4%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christiansburg	Elliston
Drove alone	79.9%	95.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	4.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christiansburg	Elliston
1-unit, detached	57.8%	36.4%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	48.7%

Poverty & households

	Christiansburg	Elliston
Poverty rate	12.4%	42.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1989	1985