Blackstone vs Crewe

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

Blackstone and Crewe 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 2,795 in Crewe). Crewe has the higher median household income ($60,214 vs $58,479 in Blackstone). Blackstone has the higher median home value ($185,600 vs $135,800 in Crewe).

Population, income & housing

	Blackstone	Crewe
Population	3,341	2,795
Median age	35.7 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,479	$60,214
Median home value	$185,600	$135,800
Median gross rent	$1,092	$956
Housing units	1,597	1,265
Homeownership rate	55.0%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackstone	Crewe
Population	3,391 → 3,341 (-1.5%)	2,465 → 2,795 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$46,541 → $58,479 (+25.7%)	$42,926 → $60,214 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$150,400 → $185,600 (+23.4%)	$122,500 → $135,800 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $1,092 (+37.2%)	$819 → $956 (+16.7%)

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

Crewe

Population

2,4652,795

Median household income

$42,926$60,214

Median home value

$122,500$135,800

Median gross rent

$819$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackstone	Crewe
Under 5	7.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	22.3%
18 to 24	13.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	19.7%
35 to 44	8.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	16.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.4%
75 and over	8.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackstone	Crewe
White (non-Hispanic)	35.9%	57.0%
Black or African American	51.1%	37.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackstone	Crewe
No high school diploma	23.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	31.3%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackstone	Crewe
Drove alone	79.1%	88.3%
Carpooled	11.7%	4.9%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	6.1%
Other means	3.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackstone	Crewe
1-unit, detached	76.1%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Blackstone	Crewe
Poverty rate	27.7%	16.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1957	1959