Blairs vs Chatham

A side-by-side comparison of Blairs and Chatham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chatham has the higher population (1,535 vs 1,001 in Blairs). Chatham has the higher median household income ($54,485 vs $47,262 in Blairs). Chatham has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $162,900 in Blairs).

Population, income & housing

	Blairs	Chatham
Population	1,001	1,535
Median age	36.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,262	$54,485
Median home value	$162,900	$168,100
Median gross rent	$721	$1,028
Housing units	458	580
Homeownership rate	78.6%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairs	Chatham
Population	592 → 1,001 (+69.1%)	1,401 → 1,535 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$57,792 → $47,262 (-18.2%)	$50,000 → $54,485 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$141,900 → $162,900 (+14.8%)	$138,400 → $168,100 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $721 (+7.1%)	$746 → $1,028 (+37.8%)

Blairs

Population

5921,001

Median household income

$57,792$47,262

Median home value

$141,900$162,900

Median gross rent

$673$721

Chatham

Population

1,4011,535

Median household income

$50,000$54,485

Median home value

$138,400$168,100

Median gross rent

$746$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairs	Chatham
Under 5	3.7%	10.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	16.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	5.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	6.3%
65 to 74	16.0%	11.1%
75 and over	8.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairs	Chatham
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	67.6%
Black or African American	19.8%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairs	Chatham
No high school diploma	11.1%	8.7%
High school graduate	42.6%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairs	Chatham
Drove alone	67.8%	88.2%
Carpooled	25.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.2%	1.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairs	Chatham
1-unit, detached	84.5%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Blairs	Chatham
Poverty rate	9.5%	6.8%
Average household size	2.78	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1979	1959