Blackstone vs Burkeville

A side-by-side comparison of Blackstone and Burkeville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blackstone has the higher population (3,341 vs 489 in Burkeville). Blackstone has the higher median household income ($58,479 vs $53,542 in Burkeville). Blackstone has the higher median home value ($185,600 vs $90,700 in Burkeville).

Population, income & housing

	Blackstone	Burkeville
Population	3,341	489
Median age	35.7 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,479	$53,542
Median home value	$185,600	$90,700
Median gross rent	$1,092	$1,241
Housing units	1,597	253
Homeownership rate	55.0%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackstone	Burkeville
Population	3,391 → 3,341 (-1.5%)	487 → 489 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$46,541 → $58,479 (+25.7%)	$37,368 → $53,542 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$150,400 → $185,600 (+23.4%)	$95,000 → $90,700 (-4.5%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $1,092 (+37.2%)	$736 → $1,241 (+68.6%)

Blackstone

Population

3,3913,341

Median household income

$46,541$58,479

Median home value

$150,400$185,600

Median gross rent

$796$1,092

Burkeville

Population

487489

Median household income

$37,368$53,542

Median home value

$95,000$90,700

Median gross rent

$736$1,241

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackstone	Burkeville
Under 5	7.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	19.4%
18 to 24	13.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	8.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	9.0%	8.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	16.2%
75 and over	8.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackstone	Burkeville
White (non-Hispanic)	35.9%	62.2%
Black or African American	51.1%	19.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackstone	Burkeville
No high school diploma	23.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	31.3%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackstone	Burkeville
Drove alone	79.1%	81.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	5.7%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	9.7%
Other means	3.1%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackstone	Burkeville
1-unit, detached	76.1%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Blackstone	Burkeville
Poverty rate	27.7%	12.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1957	1969