Elliston vs Shawsville

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

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

Shawsville has the higher population (1,725 vs 1,041 in Elliston). Elliston has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $84,300 in Shawsville). Since 2019, Shawsville's population has grown faster (+11.4% vs -1.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Elliston	Shawsville
Population	1,041	1,725
Median age	41.4 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,469
Median home value	$162,500	$84,300
Median gross rent	$913	$1,115
Housing units	503	563
Homeownership rate	50.9%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elliston	Shawsville
Population	1,060 → 1,041 (-1.8%)	1,548 → 1,725 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$58,374 → $33,870 (-42.0%)	$60,212 → $70,469 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $162,500 (+24.9%)	$111,600 → $84,300 (-24.5%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $913 (+30.6%)	$906 → $1,115 (+23.1%)

Elliston

Population

1,0601,041

Median household income

$58,374$33,870

Median home value

$130,100$162,500

Median gross rent

$699$913

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)

	Elliston	Shawsville
Under 5	9.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	22.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.2%	27.9%
35 to 44	17.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	17.4%	4.5%
55 to 64	16.2%	19.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	4.6%
75 and over	1.2%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elliston	Shawsville
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	44.6%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elliston	Shawsville
No high school diploma	1.5%	11.0%
High school graduate	47.3%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elliston	Shawsville
Drove alone	95.5%	96.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elliston	Shawsville
1-unit, detached	36.4%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	48.7%	58.6%

Poverty & households

	Elliston	Shawsville
Poverty rate	42.3%	11.7%
Average household size	2.32	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1985	1976