Christiansburg vs Merrimac

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

Christiansburg and Merrimac 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 2,955 in Merrimac). Christiansburg has the higher median household income ($75,451 vs $55,202 in Merrimac). Christiansburg has the higher median home value ($242,900 vs $73,400 in Merrimac).

Population, income & housing

	Christiansburg	Merrimac
Population	22,820	2,955
Median age	37.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,451	$55,202
Median home value	$242,900	$73,400
Median gross rent	$1,171	$1,099
Housing units	10,588	1,715
Homeownership rate	60.6%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christiansburg	Merrimac
Population	22,163 → 22,820 (+3.0%)	2,651 → 2,955 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$60,856 → $75,451 (+24.0%)	$43,846 → $55,202 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $242,900 (+27.8%)	$211,400 → $73,400 (-65.3%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,171 (+28.7%)	$662 → $1,099 (+66.0%)

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

Merrimac

Population

2,6512,955

Median household income

$43,846$55,202

Median home value

$211,400$73,400

Median gross rent

$662$1,099

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Christiansburg	Merrimac
Under 5	5.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	7.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	16.4%	21.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	4.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.2%
75 and over	7.5%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christiansburg	Merrimac
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	70.8%
Black or African American	5.2%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.0%
Asian	3.9%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.9%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christiansburg	Merrimac
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.7%
High school graduate	23.4%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christiansburg	Merrimac
Drove alone	79.9%	70.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	11.7%
Walked	0.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	8.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christiansburg	Merrimac
1-unit, detached	57.8%	15.0%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	21.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	23.2%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	32.6%

Poverty & households

	Christiansburg	Merrimac
Poverty rate	12.4%	11.8%
Average household size	2.30	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	18	14
Median year structure built	1989	1989