Christiansburg vs Shawsville

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

Christiansburg and Shawsville 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 1,725 in Shawsville). Christiansburg has the higher median household income ($75,451 vs $70,469 in Shawsville). Christiansburg has the higher median home value ($242,900 vs $84,300 in Shawsville).

Population, income & housing

	Christiansburg	Shawsville
Population	22,820	1,725
Median age	37.6 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,451	$70,469
Median home value	$242,900	$84,300
Median gross rent	$1,171	$1,115
Housing units	10,588	563
Homeownership rate	60.6%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christiansburg	Shawsville
Population	22,163 → 22,820 (+3.0%)	1,548 → 1,725 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$60,856 → $75,451 (+24.0%)	$60,212 → $70,469 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$190,000 → $242,900 (+27.8%)	$111,600 → $84,300 (-24.5%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,171 (+28.7%)	$906 → $1,115 (+23.1%)

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

Shawsville

Population

1,5481,725

Median household income

$60,212$70,469

Median home value

$111,600$84,300

Median gross rent

$906$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Christiansburg	Shawsville
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	22.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	27.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	4.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	19.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	4.6%
75 and over	7.5%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christiansburg	Shawsville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	86.6%
Black or African American	5.2%	6.0%
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%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christiansburg	Shawsville
No high school diploma	5.6%	11.0%
High school graduate	23.4%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christiansburg	Shawsville
Drove alone	79.9%	96.6%
Carpooled	7.8%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	2.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christiansburg	Shawsville
1-unit, detached	57.8%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	58.6%

Poverty & households

	Christiansburg	Shawsville
Poverty rate	12.4%	11.7%
Average household size	2.30	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1989	1976